Etymograph

English

fabada

Fabada comes from Asturian faba ‘bean’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *fabā.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fabā‘bean’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaba‘bean’
  3. Asturianmodernsame form‘bean’
  4. Asturian, derivedmodernfabada
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2015same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fabā‘bean’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaba‘bean’
  3. Asturianmodernsame form‘bean’
  4. Asturian, derivedmodernfabada
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2015same form

Earliest quotation: 2015, Francis Lam, The King of Tapas: “His other brother, Candido, explained: “In the north of…”

Linked words

through Latin faba ‘bean’

fava, 5 more

Today it means

noun A dish from Asturias, made of white beans, pork products, chorizo and various other ingredients.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *fabā / fabada

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