Etymology

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Today it means: Thin, white noodles usually served cold with sauce for dipping. Full definition →

Japanese 素麺
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from素麺“white noodles”
  2. English todaysomen

Borrowed from Japanese 素麺 (sōmen, “white noodles”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.