English
frittata
Frittata comes from Italian fritto ‘fried’, and goes back to Latin frīgō ‘to roast, fry’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgō‘to roast, fry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīctus‘roasted, fried’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfritto‘fried’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentfrittata
- Englishearliest quotation 1998same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgō‘to roast, fry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīctus‘roasted, fried’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfritto‘fried’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentfrittata
- Englishearliest quotation 1998same form
Earliest quotation: 1998, Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything: “The classic Italian egg pie, the frittata is an…”
Linked words
through Latin frīgō ‘to roast, fry’
Today it means
noun A crustless quiche: a molded omelette in which vegetables, cheese, etc., are mixed into the eggs and cooked together.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin frīgō / frittata