Etymology

udon

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Today it means: A Japanese wheat noodle. Full definition →

Japanese 饂飩 ← Middle Chinese 餛飩
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The story

  1. Middle Chinese · derived from餛飩“wonton”
  2. Japanese · derived from饂飩
  3. English todayudon

From Japanese 饂飩 (udon), which is probably from Middle Chinese 餛飩 (hwon dwon, “wonton”).

Words from the same roots

Japanese饂飩 all →

kitsune udon

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