Where does “caviar” come from?

Caviar comes from French caviar, from Italian caviale, from Old Italian caviaro, a word of uncertain origin denoting the salted roe of sturgeon fish.

caviar (English): Roe of the sturgeon or other large fish,...

Definitions

  1. Roe of the sturgeon or other large fish,...

Ancestry of “caviar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcaviarcaviar
2Italiancavialecaviar
3Old Italiancaviaro
4Turkishhavyarcaviar
5Ottoman Turkishخاویارcaviar
6Persianخاویارcaviar
7Persianخایهtesticle; egg

Words derived from “caviar

Every word from Persian خایهEvery word from Persian خاویارEvery word from Ottoman Turkish خاویار