noun
A paste of fish roe, olive oil, lemon juice, and potatoes or moistened bread crumbs.
Origin of taramosalata
Modern Greek taramosaláta taramás preserved roe ( from Turkish tarama soft roe ) ( from verbal noun of taramak to comb, card (wool), apply a finishing process ) ( of Proto-Turkic origin ) ( akin to Old Turkic tarāmaq to comb ) ( perhaps of Iranian origin and akin to Persian tār string, cord, thread ; see sitar . ) saláta salad ( from Italian insalata ) ( from feminine past participle of insalare to salt ) (Latin in- in, on ; see in- 2. ) (Vulgar Latin salāre to salt ) ( from Latin sāl salt ; see sal . )