The story
- Hokkien · derived from豆腐“tofu”
- Tagalog · borrowed fromtaho
- English todaytaho
Borrowed from Tagalog taho, from Hokkien 豆腐 (tāu-hū, “tofu”) or perhaps 豆腐花 (tāu-hū-hoe, “tofu pudding”) that it might simply be short for.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.