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Where does “tourtière” come from?

tourtière (Canadian French) comes from French tourte, from Latin turtur — turtle dove.

tourtière (Canadian French): tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian...

Definitions

  1. tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian...

Ancestry of “tourtière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtourtepassenger pigeon; dove; meat pie
2Latinturturturtle dove
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