Etymograph

English

fonduta

Fonduta comes from Italian fonduta.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentfonduta
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2006same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentfonduta
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2006same form

Earliest quotation: 2006, Ellen Brown: “Fondutas are silky cheese concoctions differentiated from fondues because…”

Today it means

noun A fondue, associated with Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta, made from fontina cheese.

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

Etymograph / Italian fonduta / fonduta