Where does “maroană” come from?

maroană (Romanian) comes from French marron, from Italian marrone, from Byzantine Greek μάραον — sweet chestnut.

maroană (Romanian): cooked chestnut

Definitions

  1. cooked chestnut

Ancestry of “maroană”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarronhorse-chestnut; chestnut; chestnut brown
2Italianmarronebrown; a large and savoury chestnut variety; the...
3Byzantine Greekμάραονsweet chestnut
Every word from Byzantine Greek μάραον →