Etymology

Pokémorph

Today it means: A fictional character that can transform into a Pokémon. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) ← English Poké- ← Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon)
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  1. Proto-Germanic*puhô
  2. Frankish*pokō
  3. Old Frenchpoche
  4. Anglo-Normanpoket
  5. Middle Englishpocket
  6. Englishpocket
  7. Japaneseポケット
  8. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*man-eje-
  11. Proto-Italic*moneō
  12. Proto-Italic*monestrom
  13. Latinmōnstrum
  14. Old Frenchmonstre
  15. Middle Englishmonstre
  16. Englishmonster
  17. Japaneseモンスター
  18. Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
  19. Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
  20. EnglishPokémonclip.
  21. EnglishPoké-
  22. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)
  23. English todayPokémorph

From Poké- (“Pokémon”) + -morph, possibly after polymorph or anthropomorph.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.