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Where does “macaron” come from?

macaron (French) comes 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 (French): macaron; buns rolled over the ears and worn...

Definitions

  1. macaron; buns rolled over the ears and worn...

Ancestry of “macaron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmaccheronemacaroni
2Byzantine Greekμακαρίαfood made from barley
3Ancient GreekΜακάριος—
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “macaron”

  • macaroon
  • macaron
  • macaroonlike
  • macarra
  • Makrone
  • macarró
  • makron
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  • makron
  • makaron
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