English
kinako
Kinako comes from Japanese きなこ ‘kinako, soybean flour’.
- Japanesemodernきなこkinako‘kinako, soybean flour’literally ‘yellow flour’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013kinako
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodernきなこkinako‘kinako, soybean flour’literally ‘yellow flour’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013kinako
Earliest quotation: 2013, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi: “Many of Japan's most popular confections are dusted with…”
The story
Borrowed from Japanese きなこ (kinako, literally “yellow flour”).
Every English word from Japanese きなこ
Today it means
noun A type of roasted soybean flour.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese きなこ / kinako