The story
- Japanese · borrowed from着ぐるみ
- English todaykigu
Clipping of kigurumi, from Japanese 着ぐるみ (kigurumi), from 着 (gi, “clothes, outfit”) + ぐるみ (-gurumi, all together, inclusive) (referring to the fact that the costume completely encloses the wearer).
Words from the same roots
Japanese着ぐるみ all →
kigkigurumi
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.