Etymology

irori

I1R1O1R1I1

Today it means: A traditional sunken hearth common in Japan, used to heat the home and to cook food. Full definition →

Japanese 囲炉裏
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from囲炉裏
  2. English todayirori

Borrowing from Japanese 囲炉裏 (irori).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.