Where does “merengue” come from?

merengue (Finnish) comes from Spanish merengue, from French meringue, from Dutch meringue.

merengue (Finnish): merengue music and dance

Definitions

  1. merengue music and dance

Ancestry of “merengue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmerenguemerengue; meringue; wuss; wimp
2Frenchmeringuemeringue; first-person singular present...
3Dutchmeringue—
Every word from Dutch meringue →Every word from French meringue →Every word from Spanish merengue →