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Where does “macaron” come from?

macaron (English) comes from French macaron, from Italian maccherone, from Byzantine Greek μακαρία, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

macaron (English): Any of various pastries based on almond and egg...

Definitions

  1. Any of various pastries based on almond and egg...

Ancestry of “macaron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmacaronmacaron; buns rolled over the ears and worn...
2Italianmaccheronemacaroni
3Byzantine Greekμακαρίαfood made from barley
4Ancient GreekΜακάριος—
5Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
6Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “macaron”

  • macaroon
  • macaroonlike
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