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English

Key lime pie

From Key lime + pie.

A compound of Key lime + pie

Taíno cayo ‘small island’

Spanish cayo ‘key (island)’

English key ‘an island in a chain of islands’

English Key lime

Middle English pye

English pie

Today it means

noun An American dessert made of Key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a pie crust, often with a meringue topping.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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