Etymology

maiko

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Today it means: An apprentice geisha. Full definition →

Japanese 舞妓
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from舞妓
  2. English todaymaiko

Borrowed from Japanese 舞妓 (maiko, literally “dancing child”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.