ハイソ
Japanese
editEtymology
editShortening 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
editNoun
edit- Short for ハイソックス (hai sokkusu, “[knee-]high socks”).