ハイソ

Japanese

Etymology

Shortening of ハイソックス (hai sokkusu), itself analyzed as wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from 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 • (haiso) 

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

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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