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Where does “garum” come from?

garum (English) comes from Latin garum, from Ancient Greek γάρον, from Ancient Greek γάρος — garum, a kind of sauce or paste made of brine and...

garum (English): A fish sauce popular in Ancient Rome

Definitions

  1. A fish sauce popular in Ancient Rome

Ancestry of “garum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingarumgarum, a popular fish sauce
2Ancient Greekγάρονthe fish whose intestines were originally used in...
3Ancient Greekγάροςgarum, a kind of sauce or paste made of brine and...

Words derived from “garum”

  • garous
  • oenogarum
  • hydrogarum
  • garums
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