Do you speak a little Japanese when you say 'origami'?

'Origami' is a word borrowed from Japanese 'orikami'. The word entered the English language some time around 1956.

origami [noun] [1956]

The Japanese art or process of folding squares of paper into representational shapes

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Etymology: Japanese, from 'ori' fold + 'kami' paper

See more loan words from 1950s.