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I put ketchup on _____ | Serious Eats : Talk : Food and Drink

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Word History : The word ketchup exemplifies the types of modifications that can take place in borrowing—both of words and substances. The source of our word ketchup may be the Malay word kēchap, possibly taken into Malay from the Cantonese … The word is first recorded in English in 1690 in the form catchup , in 1711 in the form ketchup , and in 1730 in the …

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