Etymology

amasumo

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Today it means: amateur sumo Full definition →

Japanese アマ相撲 ← English amateur
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The story

  1. English · derived fromamateur
  2. Japanese · borrowed fromアマ相撲
  3. English todayamasumo

From Japanese アマ相撲 (ama-sumō); ama is a shortening of English amateur.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.