ハイソ

Japanese

Etymology

Shortening of ハイソックス (hai sokkusu), itself analyzed as wasei eigo (和製英語), from English high + socks,[1] as a borrowing from the English phrase high socks,[2] or as a shortening of English knee-high socks.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ha̠iso̞]

Noun

ハイソ (rōmaji haiso)

  1. Short for ハイソックス (hai sokkusu, “[knee-]high socks”).

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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