Where does “bavette” come from?
bavette (English) comes from French bavette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.
bavette (English): A beef flank steak; A type of thick spaghetti
Definitions
- A beef flank steak; A type of thick spaghetti
Ancestry of “bavette”, step by step
bavette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bavette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bavette | bib; bavette |
| 2 | French | -ette | female equivalent of -et |
| 3 | Latin | -itta | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | iszik | to drink |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |
via Italian bavette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bavette | plural of bavetta; {{l|it|bavetta}} |