Etymology

meido

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Today it means: A female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid outfit. Full definition →

Japanese メイド ← English maid
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The story

  1. English · derived frommaid
  2. Japanese · derived fromメイド“maid, maidservant”
  3. English todaymeido

From Japanese メイド (meido, “maid, maidservant”), from English maid.

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