English
foie gras
Foie gras comes from French foie gras.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfoie grasliterally ‘fat liver’
- Englishearliest quotation 1901same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfoie grasliterally ‘fat liver’
- Englishearliest quotation 1901same form
Earliest quotation: 1901, The Picayune’s Creole Cook Book, New Orleans: “Foies Gras are now sold in cans in every…”
The story
Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”).
Every English word from French foie gras
Today it means
noun The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French foie gras / foie gras