English

Tianjin preserved vegetable

Tianjin preserved vegetable comes from Chinese 天津冬菜.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Made of the words Tianjin + preserved + vegetable

Mandarin 天津

Latin vegetāre

Latin vegetābilis ‘able to live and grow’

Old French vegetable

Middle English vegetable

Every English word from Chinese 天津冬菜

noun A brown, pickled and shredded Chinese cabbage usually packaged in a foil packet or in a vacuum jar.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Chinese 天津冬菜 / Tianjin preserved vegetable