Etymology

caviar

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Today it means: Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy. Full definition →

Middle French caviar ← Venetan caviaro ← Ottoman Turkish خاویار
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromخَاوْیَار
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromخاویار
  3. Venetan · derived fromcaviaro
  4. Middle French · borrowed fromcaviar
  5. English todaycaviar

Borrowed from Middle French caviar, from Venetan caviaro (earlier found as Italian caviale), probably by way of Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Classical Persian خَاوْیَار (xāwyār). Doublet of ajvar.

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