Cullis
/ˈkʌlɪs/noun
A strained broth or soup, especially a clear broth made by straining boiled meat or vegetables.
Did you know?Cullis is an older culinary word tied to the idea of something being strained and purified, echoing how many English food terms were shaped by French and Latin kitchen language.
Etymological Timeline
Late Middle English
English
cullis
“A strained broth or clear soup”
Old French
OF
colis
“Strained broth or sauce”
Late Latin
LL
colare
“To strain or filter”
Latin
LA
colare
“To strain, sieve, or filter”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kel-
“To press, drive, strike; also associated in later branches with straining or filtering”