Where does “marmelade” come from?
marmelade (Dutch) comes from French marmelade, from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada, from Galician marmelo, from Old Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimelum, from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
marmelade (Dutch): marmalade
Ancestry of “marmelade”, step by step