Etymology of the French word nougat
the French word
nougatderived from the Provençal word
nougatderived from the Provençal word
nougoderived from the Old Provençal word
nogaderived from the Latin root
*nucaderived from the Latin word
nux (nut)
derived from the Provençal word
nogatderived from the Vulgar Latin word
nucatusderived from the Latin word
nux (nut)
Date
The earliest known usage of nougat in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
nougatineDerivations in other languages
English
nougat, Romanian
nugaCognates
Dutch
noga, English
nougat, German
Nougat, Swedish
nougat
