The story
- Japanese · borrowed fromグラドル“guradoru”
- English todaygradol
Blend of gravure + idol. From Japanese グラドル (“guradoru”), from グラビアアイドル (gravure idol, “gurabia aidoru”), from グラビア (“gurabia”) + アイドル (“aidoru”), from English gravure (“engraving”)+idol
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.