Hence, the term "iecur ficatum", fig-stuffed liver; feeding figs to enlarge a goose's liver may derive from Hellenistic Alexandria, since much of Roman luxury cuisine was of Greek inspiration. "Ficatum" was closely associated with animal liver and it became the root word for "liver" in each of these languages: "foie" in French, "hígado" in Spanish, "fígado" in Portuguese, "fegato" in Italian, "fetge" in Catalan and Occitan and "ficat" in Romanian, all meaning "liver"; this etymology has been explained in different manners.