English
focaccia
Focaccia comes from Late Latin focācium ‘bread baked under ash’, and goes back to Latin focus ‘hearth’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfocus‘hearth’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfocācium‘bread baked under ash’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfocaccia
- Englishearliest quotation 2001same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfocus‘hearth’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfocācium‘bread baked under ash’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfocaccia
- Englishearliest quotation 2001same form
Earliest quotation: 2001, Eve Zibart, The Ethnic Food Lover's Companion: “The same dough can be used for bread, rolls,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’
phone, professor, famous, ben, phase, favor, favourite, ban, fantasy, fate, fancy, fame, photographer, emphasis, phenomenon, profession, fatal, bee, fairy, fabulous, abandon, infant, confession, confess, phantom, symphony, beck, beacon, boon, eff, fab, fay, bane, prophetic, epiphany, fable, banish, buoy, nefarious, profess, 125 more
through Latin focus ‘hearth’
Today it means
noun A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin focus / focaccia