Where does “sablé” come from?

sablé (French) comes from Old French martre sable, from Middle Low German sabel.

sablé (French): sandy; biscuit sablé, shortbread; past participle...

Definitions

  1. sandy; biscuit sablé, shortbread; past participle...

Ancestry of “sablé”, step by step

sablé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French martre sable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmartre sablesable marten; sable martin
2Middle Low Germansabel—

via Latin sabulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsabulocoarse sand, gravel

Words derived from “sablé”

Every word from Middle Low German sabel →Every word from Old French martre sable →