Etymograph

English

escarole

Escarole comes from French escarole ‘dated form of scarole’, from Italian scariola ‘chicory’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-‘to eat’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁édtireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*edōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEedō‘to eat’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēsca‘food’
  6. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEescariola‘endive’
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentscariola‘chicory’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentescarole‘dated form of scarole’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1903same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-‘to eat’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁édtireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*edōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEedō‘to eat’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēsca‘food’
  6. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEescariola‘endive’
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentscariola‘chicory’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentescarole‘dated form of scarole’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1903same form

Earliest quotation: 1903, Guy de Maupassant, The Development of Paul: “Paul's greatest pleasure was the cultivation of various salads.…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’

eating, anna, ana, fret, anodyne, 20 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti

eat, et, ent, etch, phage, 10 more

through Latin edō ‘to eat’

obesity, edible, 9 more

Today it means

noun A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- / escarole

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