The story
- Proto-Germanic*puhô
- Frankish*pokō
- Old Frenchpoche
- Anglo-Normanpoket
- Middle Englishpocket
- Englishpocket
- Japaneseポケット
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
- Proto-Italic*man-eje-
- Proto-Italic*moneō
- Proto-Italic*monestrom
- Latinmōnstrum
- Old Frenchmonstre
- Middle Englishmonstre
- Englishmonster
- Japaneseモンスター
- Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
- Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
- EnglishPokémon
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Old Latinen
- Latinin
- Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*déyḱeti
- Proto-Italic*deikō
- Latindīcō
- Latinindex
- Englishindex
- English todayPokédex
Blend of Pokémon + index, adapted from Japanese ポケモン図鑑 (Pokémon Zukan, “Pokémon illustrated encyclopedia”). The English version was introduced in the dub of the pilot episode of the Pokémon anime, originally aired in September 8, 1998.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.