Cacciatore
/ˌkætʃəˈtɔːri/noun
Prepared in a rustic Italian style, especially with meat cooked in a sauce of tomatoes, onions, herbs, and often wine.
Did you know?In Italian, cacciatore means “hunter,” and alla cacciatora means “hunter-style,” traditionally suggesting a rustic dish made from whatever a hunter could gather or bring home.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kap-
“To grasp, seize, or take”
Classical Latin
Latin
capere
“To take, seize, capture, or possess”
Late Latin
Latin
captiare
“To try to seize or chase after; a frequentative form related to capere”
Medieval Italian
Italian
cacciare
“To hunt or chase”
Medieval Italian
Italian
cacciatore
“Hunter”
Modern Italian
Italian
alla cacciatora
“In the hunter’s style; rustic food prepared in a hunting-country tradition”
20th Century
English
cacciatore
“An Italian-style dish, especially chicken or rabbit cooked with tomatoes, herbs, and other rustic ingredients”