Etymology

ragù

Today it means: An Italian pasta sauce containing ground meat cooked with sautéed vegetables in tomato sauce or some other kind of liquid. Full definition →

Italian ragù ← French ragoût ← Middle French ragoûter
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵéwstus
  3. Proto-Italic*gustus
  4. Latingustus
  5. Middle Frenchgoût
  6. Middle Frenchragoûter
  7. Frenchragoût
  8. Italianragù
  9. English todayragù

Unadapted borrowing from Italian ragù, from French ragoût, from Middle French ragoûter (“to awaken the appetite”), from goût (“taste”), from Latin gustus. Doublet of ragout.

Words from the same roots

Frenchragoût all →

ragout

Latingustus all →

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