ketchup English · revision 54

+ ==Etymology==

+ First recorded in the 1680s,^(Etymonline) or c. 1690 according to Merriam-Webster.^(MW Collegiate) It is probably [[bor|ms|kecap|t=fish sauce]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary) possibly [[der|nan-hbl|膎汁|tr=kê-chiap|t=brine of pickled fish]].^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) The OED takes the Chinese word as the source, the Malay word perhaps being borrowed from it.^(OED 1989)

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+ Early English uses describe both an East Indian sauce of fruits and spices and something like anchovies or soy sauce.^(Etymonline) The spelling ''catsup'' first appears in a poem by Jonathan Swift in 1730.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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