Etymograph

English

karaage

Karaage comes from Japanese 唐揚げ ‘Japanese-style deep-fried meat or food in…’.

  1. Japanesemodern唐揚げkaraage‘Japanese-style deep-fried meat or food in general’disputed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009karaage

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodern唐揚げkaraage‘Japanese-style deep-fried meat or food in general’disputed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009karaage

Earliest quotation: 2009, Julia Moskin, Fried Chicken: A Migratory Bird: “Although Japan’s culinary lexicon did not include deep frying…”

The story

Likely from 唐 (kara-, “Chinese, foreign”) + 揚げ (age, “deep-fried food”), although the etymology of kara is disputed.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Japanese 唐揚げ

Today it means

noun Japanese or Korean food that is dipped in flour and then deep-fried, typically made from boneless chicken.

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

Etymograph / Japanese 唐揚げ / karaage

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