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means A garlicky emulsion of oil, egg, and traditionally crushed garlic, originating as a Mediterranean sauce served with fish, vegetables, or bread.

from From Occitan/Provençal 'alh òli,' literally 'garlic-oil' — alh (garlic) plus òli (oil), a cousin of the Latin allium and oleum that built the word from the two ingredients it actually is. The French 'aïoli' borrowed it wholesale, and the sauce's heartland stays the Mediterranean rim — Provence and Catalonia both claim deep roots in pounding garlic and oil together in a mortar, a technique far older than the name itself.