Etymology

toyo

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Today it means: soy sauce Full definition →

Tagalog toyo
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  1. Tagalog · borrowed fromtoyo
  2. English todaytoyo

Borrowed from Tagalog toyo, from Hokkien 豆油 (tāu-iû, “soy sauce”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.