Etymology

foie

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French foie gras
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The story

  1. French · derived fromfoie gras
  2. English todayfoie

Ellipsis of foie gras, from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchfoie gras all →

foie gras

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.