Origin and history of Caesar salad

sixth month of the later Roman calendar, renamed from Sextilis (literally "sixth") in 8 B.C.E. to honor emperor Augustus Caesar..., literally "Venerable Caesar" (see august (adj.), and compare Augustus)....

edible cruciform plant (Eruca sativa) used originally in the Mediterranean region as a salad, 1967, the American English...

Old English punt, which probably is from British Latin ponto "flat-bottomed boat" (see OED), a kind of Gallic transport (Caesar...

It was crossed by Caesar, Jan. 10, 49 B.C.E., when he left his province to attack Pompey....

of the Roman calendar" (which began its year in March), renamed after his death and deification in honor of Gaius Julius Caesar...

Originally a title conferred by vote of the Roman army on a successful general, later by the Senate on Julius and Augustus Caesar...

sauce made from egg yolks and salad oil, beaten together with vinegar or lemon juice to the consistency of thickened cream...

mid-15c., prothogol, "prologue;" 1540s, prothogall, "draft of a document, minutes of a transaction or negotiation, original of any writing" (senses now obsolete), from French prothocole (c. 1200, Modern French protocole), from Medieval Latin protocollum "draft," literally "the fi

late 12c., "God's forgiveness of his creatures' offenses," from Old French mercit, merci (9c.) "reward, gift; kindness, grace, pity," from Latin mercedem (nominative merces) "reward, wages, pay, hire" (in Vulgar Latin "favor, pity;" in Medieval Latin "thanks; grace"), from merx (

"unfriendly opponent, enemy" (originally especially of Satan as the enemy of mankind), mid-14c., aduersere, from Anglo-French adverser (13c.), Old French adversarie (12c., Modern French adversaire) "hostile opponent, enemy," or directly from Latin adversarius "an opponent, rival,