The dish is believed to have originated from the dish in
ancient Roman cuisine, which was included in
Apicius, a Roman recipe book that is believed to have been written in the late 4th or early 5th century. In
Latin,
juscellum or
juscullum is "a
diminutive from
jus, broth or
pottage", and is also a late Latin diminutive word for 'soup'. The Sicilian name for the dish is based upon the word
juscellum. ==See also==