Etymology

curry roux

Today it means: Roux with curry powder. Full definition →

Japanese カレールー ← English curry ← French roux
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The story

  1. French · derived fromroux
  2. English · derived fromcurry
  3. Japanese · calque ofカレールー
  4. English todaycurry roux

Calque of Japanese カレールー (karē rū), from English curry and French roux.

Words from the same roots

Frenchroux all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.