Where does “Maurermarmelade” come from?

Maurermarmelade (German) comes from German Maurer, from Latin maurus, from French maure, from Middle French moré, from Old French More, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος, from Ancient Greek -ούσιος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Maurermarmelade (German): minced meat, traditionally eaten on bread rolls (Mettbrötchen) as part of the communal breakfast by construction workers or others having to perform physical labour as part of their job

Definitions

  1. minced meat, traditionally eaten on bread rolls (Mettbrötchen) as part of the communal breakfast by construction workers or others having to perform physical labour as part of their job

Ancestry of “Maurermarmelade”, step by step

Maurermarmelade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Maurer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMaurermason; An inhabitant of Mauren
2LatinmaurusMoorish, North African
3FrenchmaureMoorish
4Middle FrenchmoréMoor (person of Berber descent)
5Old FrenchMore
6LatinMaurusOf or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
7Ancient GreekΜαυρούσιοςan inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
8Ancient Greek-ούσιοςforms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to
9Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via German Marmelade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMarmeladejam; marmalade
2Middle Frenchmarmelade
3Portuguesemarmeladaquince jam, quince cheese
4Galicianmarmeloquince
5Old Portuguesemarmelo
6Latinmelimelumhoney apple, sweet apple
7Ancient Greekμελίμηλονgeniting, a variety of apple
8Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
9Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ούσιος