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Where does “ragù” come from?

ragù (English) comes from Italian ragù, from French ragoût, from Latin regustō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

ragù (English): An Italian pasta sauce containing ground meat...

Definitions

  1. An Italian pasta sauce containing ground meat...

Ancestry of “ragù”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianragùragù, ragu
2Frenchragoûtragout; stew
3Latinregustō—
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “ragù”

  • ragu
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