Where does “cutlet” come from?
Cutlet comes from French côtelette, from Middle French costelette and coste meaning rib, from Latin costa meaning rib, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
cutlet (English): A thin slice of meat, usually fried; A chop, a...
Definitions
- A thin slice of meat, usually fried; A chop, a...
Ancestry of “cutlet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | côtelette | cutlet; chop |
| 2 | Middle French | costelette | cutlet |
| 3 | Middle French | -elette | diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Middle French | -el | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “cutlet”