The story
- English · derived fromtechnology
- Japanese · derived from財テク“money management”
- English todayzaitech
From Japanese 財テク (zaiteku, “money management”), from blend of 財務 (zaimu, “financial dealings”) and テクノロジー (tekunorojii, “technology”), the latter, from English technology. The -tech in zaitech reflects the original borrowing of English technology.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.