Etymology

pancit

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Today it means: Filipino noodles Full definition →

Philippine Spanish pancit
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  1. Philippine Spanish · borrowed frompancit
  2. English todaypancit

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish pancit, from Hokkien. See more info at Spanish pancit. Compare Tagalog pansit, Indonesian pangsit.

Words from the same roots

Philippine Spanishpancit all →

pancit canton

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.