The story
- Hokkien · borrowed from麵線 /面线
- English todaymisua
From Hokkien 麵線 /面线 (mī-soàⁿ). Compare Tagalog miswa, Malay misoa, Indonesian misoa.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Misua; a very thin variety of salted Chinese noodles made from wheat flour. Full definition →