Where does “ketchupless” come from?
ketchupless (English) comes from English ketchup, from Hainanese 膎汁, from Indonesian kecap, from Hokkien 膎汁.
ketchupless (English): Without ketchup
Ancestry of “ketchupless”, step by step
ketchupless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ketchup
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ketchup | A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes... |
| 2 | Hainanese | 膎汁 | — |
| 3 | Indonesian | kecap | soy sauce; sound of tongue smacking |
| 4 | Hokkien | 膎汁 | — |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |