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Caviar

2 stages from Turkish/Persian to English.

Today it means the salted roe of sturgeon or other fish, eaten as a delicacy
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Stage 1 of 2
khaviar
Turkish/Persian · medieval
"salted fish roe"
the salted roe of sturgeon, prized as a delicacy
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Stage 2 of 2
caviar
English · 1500s
"salted sturgeon roe eaten as a delicacy"
settled as the English word for the luxury delicacy
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