Where does “soybean” come from?
Soybean derives from English bean, from Dutch soja, from Arabic بَان, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-.
soybean (English): A legume plant , commonly cultivated for human...
Definitions
- A legume plant , commonly cultivated for human...
Ancestry of “soybean”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | soy | A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by... |
| 2 | French | soie | silk; bristle; tang |
| 3 | Middle French | soye | silk |
| 4 | Old French | soie | silk |
| 5 | Old French | seie | silk |
| 6 | Latin | sēta | — |
| 7 | Latin | saeta | a bristle, hair on an animal; silk |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | saitā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ito- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |