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Coleslaw

2 stages from Dutch to English.

Today it means a salad made of finely shredded raw cabbage, typically with a dressing
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Stage 1 of 2
koolsla
Dutch · medieval
"cabbage salad"
combining "kool" (cabbage) and "sla" (salad)
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coleslaw
English · 1700s
"a salad of shredded raw cabbage"
adopted through Dutch settlers in colonial America
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