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Ceviche

3 stages from Quechua to English.

Today it means a dish of raw fish or seafood cured in citrus juice
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Stage 1 of 3
siwichi
Quechua · medieval
"fresh fish"
possibly meaning fresh fish, describing raw fish cured in citrus juice
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Stage 2 of 3
ceviche
Spanish · 1800s
"raw seafood cured in citrus juice"
adopted into Spanish for the citrus-cured raw seafood dish
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Stage 3 of 3
ceviche
English · 1900s
"a dish of raw seafood cured in citrus juice"
adopted directly as Latin American cuisine spread internationally
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