Etymology

loli

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Today it means: A childlike female character, particularly in the lolicon genre. Full definition →

Japanese ロリ (rori) ← Spanish Lolita ← English Lolita
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*delh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dolh₁éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*doleō
  4. Latindoleō
  5. Latindolor
  6. Old Spanishdolor
  7. Spanishdolor
  8. Spanishdolores
  9. SpanishDolores
  10. SpanishLola
  11. SpanishLolita
  12. EnglishLolita
  13. SpanishLolita
  14. Japaneseロリータ (Rorīta)clip.
  15. Japaneseロリコン (rorikon)influ.
  16. Japaneseロリ (rori)
  17. English todayloli

From Japanese ロリ (rori), itself from English lolita or a clipping of lolicon.

Words from the same roots

Englishlolita all →

Gothic LolitaSweet Lolita

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.