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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtacoA 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
2Spanishtacotaco; peg; dowel
3Italiantaccoheel; chock; first-person singular present...
4Italiantacconepatch; botch; hobnail
5Italiantaccanotch, nick; third-person singular present...
6Frankishtakkō
7Proto-Germanictakkôspike, thorn, prickle
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeǵ-to rip, tear

via English Rice

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRiceCereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food
2Frenchrisreef; laughing, laugh; pleasures
3Middle Frenchris
4Old Frenchrisreef
5Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
6Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
7Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
8Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deǵ-