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Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
origami
Today it means: The Japanese art of paper folding. Full definition →
Today it means: The Japanese art of paper folding. Full definition →
Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.