Etymology

erekiteru

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Today it means: A type of static generator invented in Japan in the 1700s. Full definition →

Japanese エレキテル ← Dutch elektriciteit
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  1. Dutch · derived fromelektriciteit“electricity”
  2. Japanese · borrowed fromエレキテル
  3. English todayerekiteru

From Japanese エレキテル, itself from Dutch elektriciteit (“electricity”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.