English
kotleta
Kotleta comes from Russian котле́та ‘cutlet, pork chop’, from Middle French costelette ‘little rib’, and ultimately from Latin costa ‘a side, a wall’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcosta‘a side, a wall’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400coste‘rib, side’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600costelette‘little rib’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcôtelette‘cutlet’
- Russianmodernкотле́таkotléta‘cutlet, pork chop’
- Englishearliest quotation 1947kotleta
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcosta‘a side, a wall’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400coste‘rib, side’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600costelette‘little rib’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcôtelette‘cutlet’
- Russianmodernкотле́таkotléta‘cutlet, pork chop’
- Englishearliest quotation 1947kotleta
Earliest quotation: 1947, Alexandra Kropotkin, How to Cook and Eat in Russian: “Take up the kotleti and place them on a…”
Linked words
through Latin costa ‘a side, a wall’
through Old French coste ‘rib, side’
through Middle French coste
through French côtelette ‘cutlet’
Today it means
noun A meat patty or meatball made of ground pork and/or beef flattened into an oval shape, then seasoned and fried or baked.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin costa / kotleta