Where does “desert fruit cake” come from?
desert fruit cake (English) comes from English desert, from Middle English desert, from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
desert fruit cake (English): An edible cake or bar created by compounding...
Definitions
- An edible cake or bar created by compounding...
Ancestry of “desert fruit cake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | desert | That which is deserved or merited; a just... |
| 2 | Middle English | desert | The situation of deserving something; That which... |
| 3 | Old French | desert | desert |
| 4 | Latin | dēsertum | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēsertus | — |
| 6 | Latin | dēserō | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 8 | Latin | dē | — |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |