Etymology

ganache

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Today it means: A rich sauce, made of chocolate and cream, used also as the filling of truffles, and as a glaze. Full definition →

French ganache ← Italian ganascia ← Ancient Greek γνάθος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγνάθος
  2. Italian · derived fromganascia“jaw”
  3. French · borrowed fromganache
  4. English todayganache

Borrowed from French ganache, from Italian ganascia (“jaw”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) (see gnatho-).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγνάθος all →

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