Where does “돈가스” come from?
돈가스 (Korean) comes from Japanese 豚カツ, 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 — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
돈가스 (Korean): tonkatsu, a Japanese pork cutlet
Definitions
- tonkatsu, a Japanese pork cutlet
Ancestry of “돈가스”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 豚カツ | tonkatsu a Japanese dish |
| 2 | Japanese | カツ | cutlet |
| 3 | Japanese | カツレツ | cutlet |
| 4 | English | cutlet | A thin slice of meat, usually fried; A chop, a... |
| 5 | French | côtelette | cutlet; chop |
| 6 | Middle French | costelette | cutlet |
| 7 | Middle French | -elette | diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Middle French | -el | — |
| 9 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |