macaroon的词源

英文词源

macaroon (n.)

1610s, "small sweet cake consisting largely of ground almonds," from French macaron (16c.), from dialectal Italian maccarone (see macaroni). French meaning said to have been invented 1552 by Rabelais. The -oon ending was conventional in 15c.-17c. English to add emphasis to borrowings of French nouns ending in stressed -on.

中文词源

macaroon：曲奇饼干

来自意大利语maccarone,一种面团制成的食物，可能来自maccare,捣，压碎，词源同macaroni.后用于指这种面团制成的糕点或饼干。

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