escarole

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁ed-“to eat”
2. Latin · derived fromēsca“food; dish prepared for the table”
3. Late Latin · derived fromescariola
4. Italian · derived fromscariola
5. French · borrowed fromescarole
6. English todayescarole

Borrowed from French escarole, from Italian scariola, scarola (“chicory; endive”), from Late Latin escariola, scariola, from Latin ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table”) (from edō (“to eat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) + -ola (from -olus, -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns)). Doublet of scariole.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from early 20th c. A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable.