ProbableIndirect, via a person or title
mirepoix
noun · first attested 19th century
The vegetable base is named for a duke, whose title is a town.
Diced onion, carrot and celery used as a flavour base.
Record
- Relationship
- Indirect, via a person or title
- Confidence
- ProbableThe conventional story is likely, with caveats.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Mirepoix
- In English
mirepoix
The name is usually credited to the 18th-century Duc de Levis-Mirepoix, whose title comes from the town of Mirepoix in Ariege.
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