Etymograph

English

socca

Socca comes from French socca.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsocca1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1999socca1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English socca
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1999, Daniel Boulud, Dorie Greenspan: “Socca, a soft chickpea pancake, is as popular in…”.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsoccaWiktionary, English socca
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1999soccaWiktionary, English socca. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1999, Daniel Boulud, Dorie Greenspan: “Socca, a soft chickpea pancake, is as popular in…”

Every English word from French socca

Today it means

noun A French dish popular in Nice; a kind of chickpea pancake seasoned and eaten hot.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “socca”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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