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kuskus
Berber · medieval
"steamed crushed wheat grains"
the name for small steamed grains of crushed durum wheat
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couscous
French · 1600s
"a North African dish of steamed wheat grains"
adopted into French through North African contact and colonization
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couscous
English · 1600s
"a North African dish of steamed semolina grains"
adopted directly for the North African steamed wheat dish
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