English
farina
Farina comes from Latin farīna ‘flour, meal’, and goes back to far ‘kind of grain’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfar‘kind of grain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarīna‘flour, meal’
- Englishtodayfarina
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfar‘kind of grain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarīna‘flour, meal’
- Englishtodayfarina
Linked words
through Latin far ‘kind of grain’
Today it means
noun A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin far / farina