Where does “bouchée” come from?

bouchée (English) comes from French bouchée, from Vulgar Latin buccata, from Latin bucca — the lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...

bouchée (English): A small pastry case filled with a savoury...

Definitions

  1. A small pastry case filled with a savoury...

Ancestry of “bouchée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbouchéemouthful; bouchée; feminine singular of the past...
2Vulgar Latinbuccata—
3Latinbuccathe lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...
Every word from Latin bucca →Every word from Vulgar Latin buccata →Every word from French bouchée →
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