Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. · Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.
verb
Synonym of soy out (“to act in the manner of a soy boy”).
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryCharacteristic of a soy boy; weak, unmasculine, etc.
Etymology tree Chinese 醬油 /酱油obor. Japanese 醤油 Japanese そやbor. Dutch sojabor. English soy 1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from the Satsuma pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of shoyu, orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).
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