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English word origin

Etymology of toko

From Dutch toko (“Southeast Asian grocery store”), from Malay toko (“shop”), from Hokkien 土庫 /土库 (thó͘-khò͘, “private storehouse”).

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Source etymology 1

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noun

A shop in the Netherlands selling mainly Asian food products, and generally Asian- or Indo-European-owned.

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From Dutch toko (“Southeast Asian grocery store”), from Malay toko (“shop”), from Hokkien 土庫 /土库 (thó͘-khò͘, “private storehouse”).

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  • Borrowed-form mentiontokonl · Southeast Asian grocery store
  • Derivation mentiontokoms · shop
  • Derivation mention土庫nan-hbl · private storehouse
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