Etymology

en-vessie

Today it means: A method of cooking, where the food is contained within a bladder (usually the urinary bladder of a pig) and cooked in simmering or boiling water Full definition →

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The story

  1. French · derived fromen“in”
  2. English todayen-vessie

From French en (“in”) + vessie (“bladder”) (urinary bladder).

Words from the same roots

Frenchen all →

enen cabochonen ventre sa mere

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