Etymology

surimi

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Today it means: A white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products. Full definition →

Japanese すり身
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed fromすり身“ground meat”
  2. English todaysurimi

Borrowed from Japanese すり身 (surimi, “ground meat”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.