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Where does “nori” come from?

nori (English) comes from Japanese 海苔, from Old Japanese のり.

nori (English): A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver; The...

Definitions

  1. A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver; The...

Ancestry of “nori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海苔laver, dried seaweed, nori
2Old Japaneseのり—
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