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Where does “banket” come from?

banket (English) comes from Dutch banket, from Middle Dutch banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et.

banket (English): A sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in...

Definitions

  1. A sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in...

Ancestry of “banket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchbanketA banquet, formal, festive meal; A pastry made of...
2Middle Dutchbanket—
3Middle Frenchbanquet—
4Italianbanchettofeast, banquet; first-person singular present...
5Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
6English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
7Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
8Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
9Latin-ātus—
10Proto-Italic-ātos—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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