A cold salad made of shredded raw vegetables, especially cabbage, mixed with a creamy or vinegar-based dressing.
From Dutch 'sla' meaning salad, borrowed into English in the 18th century. Dutch settlers brought the word and the dish to America.
Coleslaw is redundant—'cole' comes from Latin 'caulis' (cabbage), so 'coleslaw' literally means 'cabbage cabbage salad,' but nobody notices because the Dutch origin of 'slaw' is hidden.
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