Where does “ketchup” come from?
Ketchup is an English word derived from Malay kicap, which comes from Min Nan 鮭汁, a Chinese sauce made from fermented fish.
ketchup (English): A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes...
Definitions
- A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes...
Ancestry of “ketchup”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hainanese | 膎汁 | — |
| 2 | Indonesian | kecap | soy sauce; sound of tongue smacking |
| 3 | Hokkien | 膎汁 | — |
Words derived from “ketchup”