Where does “豚カツ” come from?
豚カツ (Japanese) comes from Japanese カツ, from Japanese カツレツ, from English cutlet, from French côtelette, from Middle French costelette, from Middle French -elette, from Middle French -el, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
豚カツ (Japanese): tonkatsu a Japanese dish
Definitions
- tonkatsu a Japanese dish
Ancestry of “豚カツ”, step by step
豚カツ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese カツ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | カツ | cutlet |
| 2 | Japanese | カツレツ | cutlet |
| 3 | English | cutlet | A thin slice of meat, usually fried; A chop, a... |
| 4 | French | côtelette | cutlet; chop |
| 5 | Middle French | costelette | cutlet |
| 6 | Middle French | -elette | diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Middle French | -el | — |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |