The story
- Latin · derived fromnux“nut”
- Occitan · derived fromnogat
- French · borrowed fromnougat
- English todaynougat
From French nougat, from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”), ultimately from Latin nux (“nut”) + -atus (“-ate, forming adjectives and substantives having or resembling some thing or trait”). Compare Spanish nuégado.
Words from the same roots
Latinnux all →
nucellusnuciferousnuciformnucinnux vomica
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.