Where does “caviardage” come from?

caviardage (French) comes from French caviarder, from French caviar, from Italian caviale, from Old Italian caviaro, from Turkish havyar, from Ottoman Turkish خاویار, from Persian خاویار, from Persian خایه — testicle; egg.

caviardage (French): redacting

Definitions

  1. redacting

Ancestry of “caviardage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcaviarderto redact to censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder
2Frenchcaviarcaviar
3Italiancavialecaviar
4Old Italiancaviaro—
5Turkishhavyarcaviar
6Ottoman Turkishخاویارcaviar
7Persianخاویارcaviar
8Persianخایهtesticle; egg
Every word from Persian خایه →Every word from Persian خاویار →Every word from Ottoman Turkish خاویار →