Etymology

enteki

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Today it means: Long-distance Japanese archery. Full definition →

Japanese 遠的
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from遠的
  2. English todayenteki

From Japanese 遠的 (enteki, literally “far target”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.