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- English · derived fromsailor
- English todaysailor fuku
Partial calque from Japanese セーラー服(ふく) (sērāfuku, literally “sailor outfit”), from セーラー (sērā, “sailor”) (from English sailor) + 服(ふく) (-fuku, “clothes”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.