The story
- English · derived fromdecorated + truck
- Japanese · borrowed fromdekotora
- English todaydecotora
From Japanese dekotora (dekotora), from デコトラ, from デコ+トラ, from デコレーション (“dekorēshon (dekorēshon)”) + トラッ (“torakku (torakku)”), from English decorated + truck.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.