Where does “merengue” come from?

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

merengue (French): merengue

Definitions

  1. merengue

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 →