sankyu etymology

English word sankyu comes from Japanese アニメーション ((animation) animation, a cartoon.)

Detailed word origin of sankyu

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
アニメーション Japanese (jpn) (animation) animation, a cartoon.
アニメ Japanese (jpn) (animation) an animation, a cartoon. (animation, anime) anime, Japanese animation.
anime English (eng) (countable) An animated work originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.. (rare, countable, chiefly, proscribed) An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.. (uncountable) An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries. , the resin of the courbaril.
サンキュー Japanese (jpn) (slang) thank you.
sankyu English (eng) (anime, _, fandom slang) thank you (Can we add an example for this sense?).