Gravy
/ˈɡreɪ.vi/noun
A sauce made from meat juices, stock, and thickening, often served with roasted foods.
Did you know?The word entered English through Old French and medieval culinary writing, where sauces were built from the precious drippings of roasted meat—basically early kitchen magic.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰrebh-
“to scratch, dig, carve”
Old French
OF
grane
“a sauce or broth made from meat juices”
Middle English
ME
gravy
“a sauce made from the juices of cooked meat”
Modern English
English
gravy
“a sauce made from meat juices, stock, and thickening”