cutlet

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcosta
2. Old French · derived fromcoste“rib, side”
3. Middle French · derived fromcostelette“little rib”
4. French · derived fromcôtelette
5. English todaycutlet

From French côtelette (recorded in English since 1706), from Middle French costelette (“little rib”), from coste + -elette, from Old French coste (“rib, side”), from Latin costa. Influenced by English cut, as if from cut + -let. Doublet of kotlet and kotleta.

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