Etymograph

English

hopia

Hopia comes from Spanish hopia ‘a sweet pastry historically made by Chinese…’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presenthopia‘a sweet pastry historically made by Chinese people’
  2. Tagalogmodernsame form
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presenthopia‘a sweet pastry historically made by Chinese people’
  2. Tagalogmodernsame form
  3. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from Tagalog hopia, from Spanish hopia, from Hokkien, possibly 好餅 /好饼 (hó piáⁿ, literally “good pastry”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948).

Every English word from Spanish hopia

Today it means

noun A flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits, purple yam, azuki bean, or etc.)

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

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