Where does “merengue” come from?
merengue (French) comes from Spanish merengue, from French meringue, from Dutch meringue.
merengue (French): merengue
Ancestry of “merengue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | merengue | merengue; meringue; wuss; wimp |
| 2 | French | meringue | meringue; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Dutch | meringue | — |