How did the food "wonton" get its name?

Cantonese people call it "Wonton" and northerners call it "Wonton".

Wonton has many names. According to different regions, there are indeed different names:

Beijing and Shanghai: North China and other places are often called wonton.

Guangdong: It's called wonton because of its different accents. The British name "Wonton" originally came from Cantonese.

Fujian: commonly known as flat food, there are also a few people who call it flat meat, and the meat stuffing is usually beaten with a mallet.

Sichuan: commonly known as wonton, Sichuanese are spicy, and there is a famous dish called "Red Oil Wonton".

Hubei: commonly known as wonton, some people call it jiaozi.

Jiangxi: commonly known as clear soup.

Japan: Together with the Guangdong chef, he came from Guangdong, China, read "Wan Tan" and wrote "Yi Yun" in Cantonese. The name "wonton" from North China is rare.

Taiwan Province Province: It is called flat food in Minnan dialect.

Around 1949, immigrants from all over China brought the name of their hometown to Taiwan Province Province, so it is very common to say wonton, wonton, flat food or wonton in Taiwan Province Province.