ハイソ

Japanese

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

ハイソ • (haiso) 

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

Etymology 2

Shortening of ハイソサエティ (hai sosaetī), as a borrowing from English high society.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ha̠iso̞]

Noun

ハイソ • (haiso) 

  1. short for ハイソサエティ (hai sosaetii, “high society”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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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