Etymograph

English

rendang

Rendang comes from Minangkabau randang.

  1. Minangkabaumodernrandang1
  2. ms,idmodernrendang1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2009rendang1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English rendang
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2009, Dave Cook, A Little Taste of Somewhere Else: “Look for gado-gado and lothek, a pair of vegetable…”.

Lineage

  1. MinangkabaumodernrandangWiktionary, English rendang
  2. ms,idmodernrendangWiktionary, English rendang
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2009rendangWiktionary, English rendang. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2009, Dave Cook, A Little Taste of Somewhere Else: “Look for gado-gado and lothek, a pair of vegetable…”

Every English word from Minangkabau randang

Today it means

noun An Indonesian dish of beef (or sometimes other meat) slowly cooked in coconut milk.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rendang”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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