Etymology

kedani

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Today it means: A mite of species (Trombicula akamushi), found in Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 毛蜱
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from毛蜱“[hairy] mite”
  2. English todaykedani

From Japanese 毛蜱 (kedani, “[hairy] mite”).

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