Chinese or Malay:This tomato condiment that's put on French fries
[DOC] [TLE] Ketchup | l'etoile Catering [PAR] Jan 26, 2016 ... By the end of the 19th century, American tomato ketchup, as we know it today, ... 
ketchup was cognate with the French escaveche, 'meaning food in sauce.