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Pho

3 stages from French to English.

Today it means a Vietnamese soup of broth, rice noodles, herbs, and meat
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pot-au-feu
French · 1800s
"a beef and vegetable stew"
literally "pot on the fire", a French beef and vegetable stew
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pho
Vietnamese · 1900s
"a beef noodle soup"
adapted during French colonial rule into a beef noodle soup
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pho
English · 1900s-2000s
"a Vietnamese noodle soup"
adopted as Vietnamese cuisine spread internationally
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