English
Ratatouille moment
From Ratatouille + moment.
A compound of Ratatouille + moment
Proto-Indo-European *tud-
Latin tudiculō ‘grind, mix’
Occitan ratatolha
French ratatouille ‘a traditional French Provençal stewed…’
English Ratatouille
Proto-Italic *mowementom
Latin mōmentum ‘movement’
Old French moment
Middle English moment
English moment
The story
Coined in reference to a scene from the Pixar animated film Ratatouille (2007), in which the fictional food critic Anton Ego has a powerful emotional reaction when tasting ratatouille, a dish that evokes a nostalgic memory from his childhood.
Today it means
noun A sudden, vivid emotional or sensory memory, typically triggered by a smell, taste, sound, or experience, that powerfully recalls a past time or feeling, often from childhood.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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