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Where does “tteokbokki” come from?

tteokbokki (English) comes from Korean 떡볶이, from Korean 볶이, from Korean 이, from English E, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan 𐌄, from Ancient Greek ε.

tteokbokki (English): Stir-fried sliced tteoks seasoned with red...

Definitions

  1. Stir-fried sliced tteoks seasoned with red...

Ancestry of “tteokbokki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean떡볶이tteokbokki
2Korean볶이stir-fried and seasoned food
3Korean이this; this, this thing, this person; here
4EnglishEThe ordinal number fifth, derived from this...
5Old EnglishE—
6LatinE—
7Etruscan𐌄—
8Ancient Greekε—
9Phoenician𐤄that
10Egyptian𓀠—
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