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Where does “bouillabaisse” come from?

bouillabaisse (English) comes from French bouillabaisse, from Occitan bolhabaissa, from Occitan abaissar, from Occitan baissar.

bouillabaisse (English): A type of fish soup or stew from Provence,...

Definitions

  1. A type of fish soup or stew from Provence,...

Ancestry of “bouillabaisse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbouillabaissebouillabaisse
2Occitanbolhabaissa—
3Occitanabaissarto lower; to humiliate
4Occitanbaissar—
Every word from Occitan baissar →