Where does “beefaroni” come from?
beefaroni (English) comes from English beef, from Middle English bef, from Old French buef, from Latin bōs, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós — army.
beefaroni (English): a baked dish of macaroni, ground beef, cheese and...
Definitions
- a baked dish of macaroni, ground beef, cheese and...
Ancestry of “beefaroni”, step by step
beefaroni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English beef
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beef | The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | bef | beef; cow flesh or meat; A bovine or its carcass |
| 3 | Old French | buef | cow |
| 4 | Latin | bōs | head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox) |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 6 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English macaroni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | macaroni | A type of pasta in the form of short tubes;... |
| 2 | Italian | maccaroni | — |
| 3 | Italian | maccherone | macaroni |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | μακαρία | food made from barley |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Μακάριος | blessed, happy |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |