Etymology

vinaigrette

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Today it means: A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats. Full definition →

French vinaigrette ← Russian винегре́т
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The story

  1. Russian · semantic loan fromвинегре́т
  2. French · borrowed fromvinaigrette
  3. English todayvinaigrette

Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret.

Words from the same roots

Russianвинегре́т all →

vinegret

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