Etymology

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Today it means: A Middle Eastern hot sauce made from fresh hot peppers seasoned with coriander, garlic, and various spices. Full definition →

Hebrew סְחוּג ← Yemeni Arabic سحوق
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The story

  1. Yemeni Arabic · derived fromسحوق
  2. Hebrew · borrowed fromסְחוּג
  3. English todayskhug

From Hebrew סְחוּג (skhug), from Yemeni Arabic سحوق (sḥūg).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.