Where does “oxfilépizza” come from?
oxfilépizza (Swedish) comes from Swedish oxfilé, from Swedish filé, from French filet, from Middle French filet, from Old French filet, from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios — to suckle, nurse.
oxfilépizza (Swedish): A type of pizza with beef tenderloin; often including tomato sauce, cheese, béarnaise sauce and other ingredients
Definitions
- A type of pizza with beef tenderloin; often including tomato sauce, cheese, béarnaise sauce and other ingredients
Ancestry of “oxfilépizza”, step by step
oxfilépizza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish oxfilé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | oxfilé | beef tenderloin, fillet of beef |
| 2 | Swedish | filé | a fillet (boneless strip or compact piece of meat or fish), tenderloin (when of beef or pork) |
| 3 | French | filet | trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke) |
| 4 | Middle French | filet | — |
| 5 | Old French | filet | strip, thread, ligament or filament |
| 6 | Old French | fil | son; thread |
| 7 | Latin | fīlius | a son |
| 8 | Old Latin | fīlios | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁y-li-os | sucker |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |