'Arugula' etymology

[Howard Isaacs]

I would appreciate information on the origin of the term 'arugula' or
'arucola', often used in the U.S. to translate the Italian terms
'rughetta' or 'rucola', properly known in English as 'rocket'.

Howard Isaacs
Editor
The Italian Traveler

[Elizabeth & Keith Falkner]

Howard,

According to the book, Menu Mystique, by Norman Odya Krohn, arugula,
rugula, and rugola are words for the same flat-leafed green. They all
stem from the Latin word "eruca", meaning "a type of cabbage".

This may interest you, too:

http://www.northcoast.com/~alden/Greensld.html

Elizabeth

[Alf Christophersen]

Howard Isaacs <ital...@tuna.net> wrote:

>I would appreciate information on the origin of the term 'arugula' or
>'arucola', often used in the U.S. to translate the Italian terms
>'rughetta' or 'rucola', properly known in English as 'rocket'.

Earlier it was named Eruca sativa in latin. It contain a strange fatty
acid, erucic aacid which for a long period was considered dangerous for
your health. Some commercial fats contain big amount of it, but due to
research, these strains of plants has been removed and other strains
gives an almost erucic acid free oil.

The arugula has an interesting taste, nearly tasting like salted bacon.
Alf Christophersen
alf.chris...@basalmed.uio.no

[Howard Isaacs]

Elizabeth & Keith Falkner wrote:

>
> Howard Isaacs wrote:
> >
> > I would appreciate information on the origin of the term 'arugula' or
> > 'arucola', often used in the U.S. to translate the Italian terms
> > 'rughetta' or 'rucola', properly known in English as 'rocket'.
> >

> > Howard Isaacs
> > Editor
> > The Italian Traveler
>
> Howard,
>
> According to the book, Menu Mystique, by Norman Odya Krohn, arugula,
> rugula, and rugola are words for the same flat-leafed green. They all
> stem from the Latin word "eruca", meaning "a type of cabbage".
>
> This may interest you, too:
>
> http://www.northcoast.com/~alden/Greensld.html
>
> Elizabeth

Thanks for the references. I am actually trying to determine whether the
English versions are carryovers from some definite Italian dialect, from
another language or are known to be corruptions of either. So near as I
can tell, the terms in questions have not been in use in the USA for
more than a decade or so. My apologies: I did not phrase the original
query well at all.

HMI