Where does “vinaigrette” come from?
Vinaigrette comes from French vinaigrette, a diminutive of vinaigre meaning sour wine, originally denoting a sharp sauce or condiment.
vinaigrette (English): A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar...
Definitions
- A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar...
Ancestry of “vinaigrette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vinaigrette | vinaigrette sauce, French dressing |
| 2 | French | vinaigre | vinegar; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Middle French | vinaigre | vinegar |
| 4 | Old French | vinaigre | vinegar |
| 5 | Old French | aigre | sour; acrid |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | acrus | sour |
| 7 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 8 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 10 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |