Etymograph

English

compôte

Compôte comes from French compôte.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentcompôte
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1868same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentcompôte
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1868same form

Earliest quotation: 1868, Eliza Acton, Chapter XXIII. Sweet Dishes, or Entremets.: “Compôte of Morella cherries.—Boil together for fifteen minutes, six…”

Linked words

through French compôte

compote, 1 more

Today it means

noun —

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Etymograph / French compôte / compôte

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