Meringue Definition

Origin of Meringue

• Borrowing from French meringue, from Middle Dutch meringue (“light evening meal"), derivative of Middle Dutch *meren (“to dip or soak bread"), from Old Dutch *meren, from Proto-Germanic *marjanÄ… (“to grind, pound"), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pack"). Cognate with Middle Low German meringe (from mern (“to dip bread in wine")), Middle High German merunge (from mëren (“to soak bread in wine or water for dinner")), Old English merian (“to purify, cleanse, test").

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• Alternate etymology derives Old Dutch *meren, from Proto-Germanic *marhin (“soup of bread and wine or water"), from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *merk- (“wet").

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• French meringue

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition