Etymology

guro

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Today it means: A subgenre of manga and anime focusing on gore and mutilation. Full definition →

Japanese グロ ← English grotesque
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The story

  1. English · derived fromgrotesque
  2. Japanese · borrowed fromグロ
  3. English todayguro

Reborrowed from Japanese グロ (guro), from English grotesque.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.