Etymology

sauté

Today it means: To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust stopping it from sticking to the pan as it cooks. Full definition →

French sauté
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  1. French · borrowed fromsauté
  2. English todaysauté

Borrowed from French sauté, past participle of sauter (“to sauté”, literally “to jump”); in cooking, diced onions jump in the pan from the hot oil.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.