English
manchet
Manchet comes from Middle English manchet ‘Bread of higher quality (than chet)’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manchet‘Bread of higher quality (than chet)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1623same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manchet‘Bread of higher quality (than chet)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1623same form
Earliest quotation: 1623, The Maid in the Mill: “You that can deal with Gudgins,^([sic]) and courſe floure,…”
The story
From Middle English manchet, of unknown origin; compare cheat (‘low-quality bread’).uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.
Every English word from Middle English manchet
Today it means
noun A type of high-quality bread or cracker made from flour.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English manchet / manchet