8f. List of Common Words with French Origin (Cooking and Cuisine)

Question 1

apertif

Answer 1

from French, from Medieval Latin aperitīvus, from Latin aperīre (meaning to open), 19th Century (an alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite)

Question 2

bacon

Answer 2

from Old French bacon, from Old High German bahho, 12th Century

Question 3

beef

Answer 3

from Old French boef, 13th Century

Question 4

cafe

Answer 4

from French: coffee, 19th Century

Question 5

courgette

Answer 5

from French, diminutive of courge (zucchini)

Question 6

grape

Answer 6

from Old French grape, 13th Century

Question 7

juice

Answer 7

from Old French jus, 13th Century

Question 8

larder

Answer 8

from Old French lardier, 14th Century

Question 9

mackerel

Answer 9

from Anglo-French, from Old French maquerel, 13th Century

Question 10

menu

Answer 10

from French menu, meaning small, 19th Century

Question 11

nutmeg

Answer 11

from Old French nois muguede, 13th Century

Question 12

omelette

Answer 12

from French omelette, changed from alumette, from alumelle (meaning sword blade), changed by mistaken division from la lemelle, from Latin; apparently from the flat shape of the omelette

Question 13

picnic

Answer 13

from French piquenique, 18th Century

Question 14

poultry

Answer 14

from Old French pouletrie, from pouletier (meaning poultry-dealer), 14th Century

Question 15

quiche

Answer 15

from French, from German Kuchen (meaning cake)

Question 16

restaurant

Answer 16

from French, from restaurer (meaning to restore), 19th Century

Question 17

salad

Answer 17

from Old French salade, from Latin sal (meaning salt), 15th Century

Question 18

sausage

Answer 18

from Old Norman French saussiche, from Late Latin salsīcia, from Latin salsus (meaning salted), 15th Century

Question 19

soup

Answer 19

from Old French soupe, from Late Latin suppa, 17th Century

Question 20

spice

Answer 20

from Old French espicē, from Late Latin species (plural) (meaning spices, 13th Century