English

marble cake

From marble + cake, named for its resemblance to the stone marble.

A compound of marble + cake

Ancient Greek μάρμαρος ‘anything made of marble’

Latin marmor ‘a block or piece of marble’

Old French marbre ‘marble (stone)’

Middle English marble

Proto-Germanic *kakǭ ‘cake’

Old Norse kaka ‘cake’

Middle English cake

English cake

Today it means

noun A cake with two or more colors of ingredients which give a marble pattern to its interior.

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Etymograph / marble cake