Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·russian ·1880s
Borscht
from борщ (borshch)
- Meaning
- Beet soup — a Slavic staple, traditionally Ukrainian.
- Source word
- борщ (borshch)
- Route into English
- Eastern European Jewish cuisine → American kitchen via 19th-c. immigration; Catskills Borscht Belt of mid-20th c.
- Arrived
- 1880s
English borrows.
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