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Where does “meringue” come from?

Meringue comes from French meringue, which comes from Dutch meringue, of unknown ultimate origin.

meringue (English): A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and...

Definitions

  1. A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and...

Ancestry of “meringue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmeringuemeringue; first-person singular present...
2Dutchmeringue—

Words derived from “meringue”

  • meringuelike
  • meringuey
Every word from Dutch meringue →