Where does “cacciatora” come from?
cacciatora (English) comes from Italian cacciatora, from Italian cacciatore, from Italian cacciare, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
cacciatora (English): A style of cooking in which meat is cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, white wine and herbs
Definitions
- A style of cooking in which meat is cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, white wine and herbs
Ancestry of “cacciatora”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cacciatora | hunting jacket |
| 2 | Italian | cacciatore | hunter, huntsman; chaser, hunter |
| 3 | Italian | cacciare | to hunt, to prey on; to hunt, to shoot, to snare;... |
| 4 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 5 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |