Etymograph

English

noodle

Noodle may come from Dutch noedel.

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentnoedeluncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1995noodle

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentnoedeluncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1995noodle

Earliest quotation: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!: “He settled for the noodles and then after watching…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘small, little’

mean, community, common, met, minister, minute, commission, communication, ministry, mess, meal, min, minor, commit, communist, menu, mutual, communicate, compromise, immune, mere, minus, missile, ammunition, immunity, dismiss, premise, communism, municipality, communal, communion, mural, ammo, mayhem, intermittent, mole, commune, remuneration, mite, omit, 79 more

Today it means

noun A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.

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

Etymograph / Dutch noedel / noodle

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