Etymograph

English

ventresca

Ventresca comes from Classical Latin venter ‘belly’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wend-tri-reconstructed
  2. Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEventer‘belly’
  3. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*ventriscareconstructed
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentventresca
  5. Englishearliest quotation c. 1954-1987same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wend-tri-reconstructed
  2. Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEventer‘belly’
  3. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*ventriscareconstructed
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentventresca
  5. Englishearliest quotation c. 1954-1987same form

Earliest quotation: c. 1954-1987, Elizabeth David, Italian Food: “The choice part of the tunny fish is the…”

Linked words

through Classical Latin venter ‘belly’

ventricular, ventricle, venter, 3 more

Today it means

noun Flesh from the belly of a tuna, which is prepared in oil and served as food.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri- / ventresca

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