Etymology

tournedos

T1O1U1R1N1E1D2O1S1

Today it means: Filet mignon. Full definition →

French tournedos
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · borrowed fromtournedos
  2. English todaytournedos

Borrowed from French tournedos, from tourner (“to turn”) + dos (“back”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.