Where does “edamame” come from?

edamame (English) comes from Japanese 枝豆, from Japanese 枝, from Old Japanese えだ.

edamame (English): Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable

Definitions

  1. Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable

Ancestry of “edamame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese枝豆green soybeans; edamame
2Japanese枝branch, limbs; edge
3Old Japaneseえだ—
Every word from Old Japanese えだ →Every word from Japanese 枝 →Every word from Japanese 枝豆 →
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