congee

congee · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromcommeātus“passage, permission to leave”
2. Old French · derived fromcongié
3. Middle English · inherited fromcongie
4. English todaycongee

From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), from Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeō (“to go and come”), from con- + meō (“to go, to pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé.

congee · noun²

1. Portuguese · derived fromcanje
2. Proto-Dravidian · derived from*kañci
3. Malayalam · derived fromകഞ്ഞി
4. Tamil · derived fromகஞ்சி
5. English todaycongee

From Tamil கஞ்சி (kañci) or another Dravidian language such as Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi) (ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kañci), possibly via Portuguese canje.

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