Where does “tofu” come from?

Tofu comes from Japanese とうふ, a word of Chinese origin referring to a protein-rich food made from soybeans.

tofu (English): A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk; A...

Definitions

  1. A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk; A...

Ancestry of “tofu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese豆腐tofu, bean curd; tofu, an empty rectangle...
2Middle Chinese豆腐—

Words derived from “tofu”

Every word from Middle Chinese 豆腐 →Every word from Japanese 豆腐 →