farrago

farrago
\ \ [17] The notion of a farrago being a ‘heterogeneous mixture’ comes originally from the mixture of various grains for animal feed.
\ \ Latin farrāgo was a derivative of farcorn’ (source of English farinaceous [17] and related to barley and barn), and was extended metaphorically to ‘medley, hotch-potch’ in classical times.
\ \ Cf.BARLEY, BARN, FARINACEOUS

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