affogato

[ ah-faw-gah-toh ]
/ ˌɑ fɔˈgɑ toʊ /

noun

an Italian dessert of vanilla gelato with hot espresso poured over the top.

Origin of affogato

First recorded in 1990–95; from Italian: literally, “drowned, smothered,” past participle of affogare, from Vulgar Latin affōcāre, Latin offōcāre “to choke, throttle,” equivalent to prefix ob- + -fōcāre, verbal derivative of faucēs “throat, gullet” (plural only), with Vulgar Latin substitution of af- (from ad-) for Latin of- (from ob-); see origin at af-, of-, fauces