Where does “kentang goreng” come from?

kentang goreng (Malay) comes from Malay kentang, from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁ — potato: the tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.

kentang goreng (Malay): french fries

Definitions

  1. french fries

Ancestry of “kentang goreng”, step by step

kentang goreng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kentang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykentangpotato
2Javaneseꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁpotato: the tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant

via Malay goreng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaygorengto fry, to cook something by partial contact woth or full immersion in hot oil
Every word from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁEvery word from Malay kentang
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