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Where does “Pudding” come from?

Pudding (German) comes from English Pudding, from Middle English podynge, from Old French boudin, from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Pudding (German): cake with meat or fish laid into it, pide;...

Definitions

  1. cake with meat or fish laid into it, pide;...

Ancestry of “Pudding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPudding—
2Middle Englishpodynge—
3Old Frenchboudinblood sausage, black pudding
4Latinbotellusa small sausage
5Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “Pudding”

  • Wackelpudding
  • Vanillepudding
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