Etymology

naked apron

Today it means: An apron worn over a person's naked body. Full definition →

Japanese 裸エプロン ← English apron
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  1. English · derived fromapron
  2. Japanese · calque of裸エプロン
  3. English todaynaked apron

A calque of Japanese 裸エプロン (はだかエプロン, hadaka epuron), from 裸 (はだか, hadaka, “naked, nude, bare”) + エプロン (epuron, “apron”), in turn borrowed from English apron.

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