Etymograph

English

marron glacé

Marron glacé comes from French marron glacé.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentmarron glacéliterally ‘iced chestnut’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1909same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentmarron glacéliterally ‘iced chestnut’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1909same form

Earliest quotation: 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich: “MARRON SANDWICH: Cut the bread in rounds with a…”

The story

Borrowed from French marron glacé (literally “iced chestnut”).

Every English word from French marron glacé

Today it means

noun A chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla.

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