The story
- Latin · derived fromaspis
- French · borrowed fromaspic
- English todayaspic
Borrowed from French aspic, from Latin aspis, and possibly influenced by French basilic (“basilisk”). The culinary sense may come from association with the snake due to the traditional colors and cold temperature of aspic, in addition to the fact that the gelatin was often molded in a shape similar to a coiled snake.
Words from the same roots
Latinaspis all →
asp
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.