cosplay.
cosplay (art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character)
Meaning & usage
cosplay (art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-sḱ- Latin suēscō Latin cōnsuēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *-tūdō Latin -tūdō Latin consuētūdinem Italian costumebor. French costumebor. English costumeder. Proto-West Germanic *plehan Old English pleġan Proto-West Germanic *plegō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *plegōn Old English plegian Middle English pleyen Proto-West Germanic *plegō Old English plega Middle English pleye English playder. Japanese コスプレ (kosupure)bor. English cosplayubor. Polish cosplay Unadapted borrowing from English cosplay.
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