Where does “butadon” come from?

butadon (English) comes from Japanese 豚丼, from Japanese 豚, from Chinese 豚 — suckling pig.

butadon (English): A Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with braised or grilled pork; pork donburi

Definitions

  1. A Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with braised or grilled pork; pork donburi

Ancestry of “butadon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese豚丼pork donburi, butadon a bowl of cooked rice topped with stewed pork
2Japanese豚pig; swine
3Chinese豚suckling pig
Every word from Chinese 豚 →Every word from Japanese 豚 →Every word from Japanese 豚丼 →