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Stage 1 of 3
cutlet
English · 1700s
"a thin, breaded slice of meat"
the English word for a thin slice of breaded, fried meat
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Stage 2 of 3
katsuretsu
Japanese · Meiji era
"a breaded, deep-fried cutlet"
borrowed and adapted into a breaded, deep-fried cutlet dish, then clipped to 'katsu'
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Stage 3 of 3
katsu
English · 2000s-2010s
"a Japanese-style breaded, deep-fried cutlet"
re-imported into English as Japanese-style curry and cutlet dishes spread abroad
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