SC - gazpacho and Rome

[ana l. valdes]

Menestra, my friend, is an italian word, "minestrone", adopted by the
Spaniards when they owned Neapel too. In catalan you also use the word,
menestra, as all you eat in a meal. I dont have a clue about the
ethymology of the word. Maybe from Latin? What does our Latinists say?
Menestra or minestrone is a thick soup, the opposite from consomé or
light soup.
Ana

LrdRas at aol.com skrev:
> 
> In a message dated 9/30/99 8:35:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, harper at idt.net
> writes:
> 
> << "Little pieces" would be closer. >>
> 
> OK. I give up. the closest I came to this is '"menesteroso 1. abject, dismal,
> meager, miserable, wretched 2. miserable, needy" which would be in line with
> the root crops thingy or even the small pieces BUT my main question is 'what
> are the URLs that you use for your info? The dictionary/transalation programs
> I use couldn't find 'menestra' as a word. :-(
> 
> Ras
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