The story
- Mandarin · derived from拉麵 /拉面“pulled noodles”
- English todayramen
Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”). Doublet of laghman, lamian, and ramyeon.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.