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
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