Where does “black garlic” come from?
black garlic (English) comes from English garlic, from Middle English garlek, from Old English gārlēac, from Old English lēac, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
black garlic (English): A type of aged garlic, which has turned a deep brown on the inside due to a fermentation process. Notably used as a food ingredient in some Asian cuisine
Definitions
- A type of aged garlic, which has turned a deep brown on the inside due to a fermentation process. Notably used as a food ingredient in some Asian cuisine
Ancestry of “black garlic”, step by step
black garlic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English garlic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | garlic | A plant, "Allium sativum", related to the onion,... |
| 2 | Middle English | garlek | garlic |
| 3 | Old English | gārlēac | garlic |
| 4 | Old English | lēac | onion, leek; leek; a garden herb, leek, onion,... |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English Black
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Black | Alternative letter-case form of black |
| 2 | Old French | blanc | white |
| 3 | Late Latin | blancus | white |
| 4 | Frankish | blank | bright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *blank | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blankaz | bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bhleg- | to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch |