English
lardo
Lardo comes from Italian lardo ‘cured strips of fatback (for cooking)’, and goes back to Latin lardum ‘bacon fat, lard’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElardum‘bacon fat, lard’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlardo‘cured strips of fatback (for cooking)’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElardum‘bacon fat, lard’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlardo‘cured strips of fatback (for cooking)’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin lardum ‘bacon fat, lard’
Today it means
noun A type of salumi made by curing strips of fatback with rosemary and other herbs and spices.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lardum / lardo