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)
- Short for ハイソックス (hai sokkusu, “[knee-]high socks”).
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan