[Albion Wilde]

Never took time to find out why Italian Americans use the English word “gravy.”

It's not settled science! Here's a researched discussion:

Sauce or Gravy? The Secret, Fervent Debate at the Heart of the Italian American Spaghetti Dinner

[DLfromthedesert]

In Brooklyn we called it gravy. Once we moved to Long Island, it became sauce.