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BIBLIOGRAPHIC IDENTITYmw-kimchi

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Kimchi — Word History

AUTHOR / EDITOR
Merriam-Webster Editors
YEAR
2026
PUBLISHER
Merriam-Webster
DOI
Not recorded
SOURCE TYPE
historical dictionary
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EDGE 343supportsestablished

kimchi → 김치

Present-Day English → Korean · borrowing

SOUND
English kimchi adapts Korean 김치 through the established romanized spelling; kimchee is a secondary English variant.
MEANING
The name of the fermented preparation travels with the food category.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Merriam-Webster editors · National Institute of Korean Language
Word History — Korean kimch’i

Identifies the Korean source of English kimchi.

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EDGE 344supportsboundary

김치 → UNKNOWN

Korean → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
The reviewed sources establish the living Korean form but do not supply a securely sourced deeper lexical chain.
MEANING
The graph stops at 김치 rather than turning orthographic history into unsupported ancestry.
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Etymology stops at Korean kimch’i

The reviewed English dictionary supplies no deeper lexical ancestor.

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kimchi

kimchee

English

Less common English spelling variant; not a deeper ancestor.

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