Where does “ravioli chinois” come from?
ravioli chinois (French) comes from French chinois, from French -ois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
ravioli chinois (French): any small pasta-sheet wrapped Chinese food, Chinese dumplings such as potstickers, wontons, shumai, har gow, etc, frequently found in dim sum
Definitions
- any small pasta-sheet wrapped Chinese food, Chinese dumplings such as potstickers, wontons, shumai, har gow, etc, frequently found in dim sum
Ancestry of “ravioli chinois”, step by step
ravioli chinois traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French chinois
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chinois | Chinese; Greek |
| 2 | French | -ois | Used to form adjectives related to a particular... |
| 3 | Old French | -ois | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 4 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 5 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |