Etymology

zabaglione

za·ba·glio·ne
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Today it means: A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine. Full definition →

Italian zabaglione ← Latin sabaia ← Proto-Indo-European *sab-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sab-“taste”
  2. Latin · derived fromsabaia“Illyrian barley beer”
  3. Italian · borrowed fromzabaglione
  4. English todayzabaglione

Borrowed from Italian zabaglione, zabaione, possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”) (from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).

Words from the same roots

Latinsabaia all →

Proto-Indo-European*sab- all →

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