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Where does “ragù” come from?

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

ragù (Italian): ragù, ragu

Definitions

  1. ragù, ragu

Ancestry of “ragù”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ragù”

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  • ragù
  • ragu
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