Etymology

kirigami

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Today it means: An art similar to origami, with cutting permitted. Full definition →

Japanese 切り紙
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from切り紙
  2. English todaykirigami

From Japanese 切り紙 (きりがみ, kirigami), from 切り (きり, kiri, “to cut”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.