Where does “foie gras” come from?
foie gras (French) comes from French gras, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
foie gras (French): foie gras fattened liver of geese or ducks
Definitions
- foie gras fattened liver of geese or ducks
Ancestry of “foie gras”, step by step
foie gras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French gras
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gras | fat; bold |
| 2 | Old French | cras | fat |
| 3 | Latin | crassus | dense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | cartsus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kartsus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥t-sú-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
via French foie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | foie | liver |
| 2 | Old French | foie | liver |
| 3 | Old French | feie | Alternative form of foie |
| 4 | Late Latin | ficatum | liver; liver, from an animal fattened on figs;... |
| 5 | Latin | fīcātum | liver (from an animal fattened on figs); foie gras |
| 6 | Latin | iecur | liver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | jekʷor | liver |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyékʷr̥ | liver |