Etymology

kotleta

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Today it means: A meat patty or meatball made of ground pork and/or beef flattened into an oval shape, then seasoned and fried or baked. Full definition →

Russian котле́та ← French côtelette
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The story

  1. French · derived fromcôtelette“cutlet; chop”
  2. Russian · borrowed fromкотле́та
  3. English todaykotleta

From Russian котле́та (kotléta), from French côtelette (“cutlet; chop”), whence the English doublet cutlet; also a doublet of kotlet via Polish.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcôtelette all →

cutletkotlet

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.