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"curry" meaning "cooking" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curry https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curry There is a (disputed) story that curry was used as a dismis
by rwmj 4y ago
"curry" meaning "cooking" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curry https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curry
There is a (disputed) story that curry was used as a dismissive way to refer to Indian food ("just cooking"), which then became used to refer to Indian food.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoCould this be where "to curry favor" comes from? Where curry, in it's "to cook" form basically means "to make"? So like "to cook up some favor" as "to generate favor"
- karatinversion 4y agoWiktionary has a different etymology: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/curry_favor#English https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/curry_favor#English
- tptacek 4y agoCurry used in the sense you're using it is derived from the Tamil word for "sauce".
- 64operator 4y agoIt's just a contraction of cookery, much like Wooster is a contraction of Worcestshire. Just throw out the unneeded, middle syllables.