English
isot
Isot comes from Turkish isot ‘isot, urfa biber’.
- Turkish1928–presentisot‘isot, urfa biber’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Turkish1928–presentisot‘isot, urfa biber’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015same form
Earliest quotation: 2015, Engin Akin, Essential Turkish Cuisine: “The best time to dry isot in Urfa is…”
A compound of ısı ‘heat’ + ot ‘grass’
Proto-Turkic *ïsïg ‘hot’
Old Anatolian Turkish اصی
Ottoman Turkish ایصی ‘heat, warmth, the condition or quality of being hot or warm, in opposition to coldness’
Turkish ısı ‘heat’
Proto-Turkic *ot ‘grass’
Ottoman Turkish اوت ‘herb, grass, weed’
Turkish ot ‘grass’
Every English word from Turkish isot
Today it means
noun urfa biber (pepper variety)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Turkish isot / isot