Etymology

tarento

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Today it means: A celebrity who regularly appears on mass media in Japan, especially as a panelist on variety shows. Full definition →

Japanese タレント ← English talent
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The story

  1. English · derived fromtalent
  2. Japanese · borrowed fromタレント“television star”
  3. English todaytarento

Borrowed from Japanese タレント (tarento, “television star”), from English talent. Doublet of talent.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.