Etymology

galge

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Today it means: A video game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls. Full definition →

Japanese ギャルゲー ← English gal
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The story

  1. English · derived fromgal
  2. Japanese · borrowed fromギャルゲー
  3. English todaygalge

Borrowed from Japanese ギャルゲー (gyarugē), a shortening of ギャルゲーム (gyaru gēmu), a wasei-eigo derived from English gal + game.

Words from the same roots

Englishgal all →

kogalgyarukogyaru

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