Etymology

shoyu

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Today it means: A dark form of soy sauce. Full definition →

Japanese 醤油
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from醤油
  2. English todayshoyu

Borrowed from Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of soy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.