¹ In the case of any specific delicate food, the very distinctive quality that might seem to qualify it as a standard of excellence belongs so inherently to its individual, unique nature that any generalization of meaning is excluded (‘terrapin’ will always remain ‘terrapin‘).

² The original meaning of *aequ-aría could also be ‘compensation’ (OProv. egansa ‘compensation’); cf. OSp. parias ‘tribute’, OPort. [h]igualdaçom, Germ, [eine Schuld] begleichen: as is well known, the feudal overlord of the Middle Ages compensated his subjects for their services with food, clothing etc. (cf. OFr. livraison, livree). And the iguaria of the Azores ‘object put up for sale at Whitsuntide’ (O. de Pratt quotes a passage in which ‘arrematação das offerendas’ is mentioned) points to ‘offering’ (< ‘compensation’, cf. Lat. hostia, explained by Ernout-Meillet from this very meaning), i.e. to a more general meaning range of the word.