The story
- Japanese · borrowed from薔薇族
- English todaybarazoku
From Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), referencing the gay men's magazine Barazoku, which was the first of its kind published in Japan, itself named after a post-World War II term for gay men.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.