Caponata Definition

käpə-nätə
noun
A relish made of chopped eggplant, olives, onions, celery, and herbs in olive oil, usually served as an antipasto.
Webster's New World

Origin of Caponata

  • Italian caponata, capponata from cappone capon (probably as in cappone di galera (literally, “galley capon”), a sailor's dish of cold moistened hardtack and other ingredients) from Old Italian from Latin cāpō, cāpōn-

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian

    From Wiktionary

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