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Chow

2 stages from Chinese Pidgin English to English.

Today it means informal word for food
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Stage 1 of 2
chow chow
Chinese Pidgin English · 1800s
"mixed goods, food"
a term used in Chinese port trade for mixed goods or food
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Stage 2 of 2
chow
English · 1850s
"food"
settled in informal English as a word for food
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