Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce. · A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder. · Curry powder. · A person of South Asian heritage.
Etymology tree Tamil கறி (kaṟi)bor. English currey Middle English curyinflu. English curry 1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”) (whence also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere. Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England.
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