Etymology

japanize

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Today it means: To Nipponize. Full definition →

English Japan ← Dutch Japan ← Malay Jepang
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The story

  1. Hokkien日本 (Ji̍t-pún)
  2. MalayJepang
  3. PortugueseJapão
  4. MalayJepang
  5. DutchJapan
  6. EnglishJapan
  7. English todayJapanize

From Japan + -ize.

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