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Where does “coleslaw” come from?

coleslaw (English) comes from Dutch koolsla, from Dutch sla, from Dutch salade, from Middle Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata.

coleslaw (English): A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and...

Definitions

  1. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and...

Ancestry of “coleslaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkoolslacabbage salad, coleslaw
2Dutchslalettuce; salad
3Dutchsaladesalad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade
4Middle Dutchsalade—
5Middle Frenchsalade—
6Old Frenchsalade—
7Italiansalada—
8Vulgar Latinsalatasalted
9LatinSalo—
10Latinsaliō—
11Latinsāl—
12Proto-Italicsāls—
13Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “coleslaw”

  • コールスロー
  • coleslaw
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