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Where does “bisque” come from?

Bisque comes from French bisque, from French Biscaye, from Basque Bizkaia, a region whose name was applied to products and qualities associated with that area.

bisque (English): A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish,...

Definitions

  1. A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish,...

Ancestry of “bisque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbisquebisque; advantage; first/third-person singular...
2Italianbisca—
Every word from Italian bisca →