Etymology

kodocon

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Today it means: A person interested in, or sexually aroused by, lolicon- and/or shotacon-themed media. Full definition →

English loliconbf. ← Japanese ロリコン (rorikon) ← French complexe
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The story

  1. Japanese子供 (kodomo)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*delh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dolh₁éyeti
  4. Proto-Italic*doleō
  5. Latindoleō
  6. Latindolor
  7. Old Spanishdolor
  8. Spanishdolor
  9. Spanishdolores
  10. SpanishDolores
  11. SpanishLola
  12. SpanishLolita
  13. EnglishLolita
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  16. Proto-Italic*kom
  17. Proto-Italic*kom-
  18. Latincon-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
  21. Proto-Italic*plektō
  22. Latinplectō
  23. Latincomplector
  24. Latincomplexu
  25. Frenchcomplexe
  26. Englishcomplex
  27. EnglishLolita complex
  28. Japaneseロリータ・コンプレックス (Rorīta konpurekkusu)clip.
  29. Japaneseロリコン (rorikon)
  30. Englishloliconbf.
  31. English todaykodocon

Pseudo-Japonism, from Japanese 子供 (kodomo, “child”) + -con, modeled after lolicon and similar compounds. Notably, English kodomo is primarily used to refer to children's anime and manga.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.