Get a French Tutor
French word fougasse comes from Latin focacia
focacia (Latin)
focacius (Latin)
(Late Latin) of or belonging to the hearth, focal. (of bread) baked in the ashes of the hearth.
*focacia (Vulgar Latin)
*focacia (Latin)
A kind of bread or other food baked on a fire (originally referring to a hearth).
fogassa (Old Provençal)
foucasse (Middle French)
fougasse (French)
(culinary) fougasse (lattice-shaped bread associated with Provence).