Where does “charlotte” come from?

charlotte (English) comes from Middle English charlet, from Old French char laitée — meat with milk.

charlotte (English): A dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with...

Definitions

  1. A dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with...

Ancestry of “charlotte”, step by step

charlotte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English charlet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcharlet—
2Old Frenchchar laitéemeat with milk

via Middle English charlette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcharlettedish made from eggs, meat, milk, etc
Every word from Old French char laitée →Every word from Middle English charlet →