Etymology

kogyaru

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Today it means: kogal Full definition →

Japanese コギャル ← English gal
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The story

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

Borrowed from Japanese コギャル (“younger gyaru”), ultimately from English gal, a dialectal pronunciation of English girl.

Words from the same roots

Japaneseコギャル all →

kogal

Englishgal all →

kogalgalgegyaru

Englishgirl all →

gyaru

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.