Etymology

omurice

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Today it means: A Japanese dish consisting of an egg omelette with rice mixed with ketchup in the center. Full definition →

Japanese オムライス ← French omelette ← English rice
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The story

  1. English · derived fromrice
  2. French · derived fromomelette
  3. Japanese · borrowed fromオムライス
  4. English todayomurice

Borrowed from Japanese オムライス (omuraisu), from French omelette and English rice.

Words from the same roots

Frenchomelette all →

omelette

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.