affogato

[ ah-faw-gah-toh ]

/ ˌɑ fɔˈgɑ toʊ /

noun

an Italian dessert of vanilla gelato with hot espresso poured over the top.

Nearby words

affluent, affluent society, affluential, affluenza, afflux, affogato, afford, affordable, affordable care act, afforest, afforestation

Origin of affogato

First recorded in 1990–95; from Italian: literally, “drowned, smothered,” past participle of affogare, from Vulgar Latin affōcāre, Latin offōcāre “to choke, throttle,” equivalent to prefix ob- + -fōcāre, verbal derivative of faucēs “throat, gullet” (plural only), with Vulgar Latin substitution of af- (from ad-) for Latin of- (from ob-); see origin at af-, of-, fauces