Where does “ou ferrat” come from?

ou ferrat (Catalan) comes from Catalan ou, from Vulgar Latin *ŏvum.

ou ferrat (Catalan): sunny-side-up fried egg

Definitions

  1. sunny-side-up fried egg

Ancestry of “ou ferrat”, step by step

ou ferrat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan ou

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanouegg
2Vulgar Latin*ŏvum—

via Catalan ferrat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanferratbound or reinforced with iron
Every word from Vulgar Latin *ŏvum →Every word from Catalan ou →