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Where does “maccarone” come from?

maccarone (Italian) comes from French macaron, from Italian maccherone, from Byzantine Greek μακαρία, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

maccarone (Italian): Alternative form of maccherone; coarse dumpling;...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of maccherone; coarse dumpling;...

Ancestry of “maccarone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmacaronmacaron; buns rolled over the ears and worn...
2Italianmaccheronemacaroni
3Byzantine Greekμακαρίαfood made from barley
4Ancient GreekΜακάριος—
5Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
6Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “maccarone”

  • macaroon
  • macaronic
  • macaron
  • macaronically
  • macaroonlike
  • macaronicus
  • macarrón
  • macarra
  • macaron
  • Makrone
  • macarró
  • makron
  • makron
  • makron
  • makron
  • makaron
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