ratatouille

Meaning

Noun

• A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients.

Origin

• Borrowed from French ratatouille, from Occitan ratatolha (ratatouille is a dish originally from Nice, and is also found in Provence), French form from diminutive prefix tat- + touiller, from Latin tudiculō ("grind, mix"), from tudes, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-, from *(s)tewd-.