Etymology

kogal

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Today it means: A subculture of conspicuous consumption among young women in urban Japan, typified by dyed hair, artificial suntan, platform boots, miniskirts, and expensive accessories. Full definition →

Japanese コギャル ← English gal
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The story

  1. English · derived fromgal
  2. Japanese · borrowed fromコギャル“younger gyaru”
  3. English todaykogal

Borrowed from Japanese コギャル (kogyaru, “younger gyaru”) (see there for more), ultimately from English gal.

Words from the same roots

Japaneseコギャル all →

kogyaru

Englishgal all →

galgegyarukogyaru

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.