Where does “タコライス” come from?
タコライス (Japanese) comes from English taco, from Spanish taco, from Italian tacco, from Italian taccone, from Italian tacca, from Frankish takkō, from Proto-Germanic takkô, from Proto-Indo-European deǵ- — to rip, tear.
タコライス (Japanese): taco rice a yoshoku dish from Okinawa, mainly consisting of ground beef on a bed of rice
Definitions
- taco rice a yoshoku dish from Okinawa, mainly consisting of ground beef on a bed of rice
Ancestry of “タコライス”, step by step
タコライス traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English taco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | taco | A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables and salsa |
| 2 | Spanish | taco | taco; peg; dowel |
| 3 | Italian | tacco | heel; chock; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | taccone | patch; botch; hobnail |
| 5 | Italian | tacca | notch, nick; third-person singular present... |
| 6 | Frankish | takkō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | takkô | spike, thorn, prickle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deǵ- | to rip, tear |
via English Rice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Rice | Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food |
| 2 | French | ris | reef; laughing, laugh; pleasures |
| 3 | Middle French | ris | — |
| 4 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 5 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 6 | Latin | rīsus | laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |