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Where does “Zigeuner sauce” come from?
Zigeuner sauce (English) comes from German Zigeuner, from Byzantine Greek ἀθίγγανος.
Ancestry of “Zigeuner sauce”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
German
Zigeuner
Gypsy, member of the Roma, Romani person; member...
2
Byzantine Greek
ἀθίγγανος
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