English
massecuite
Massecuite comes from French masse cuite ‘cooked mass’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmasse cuite‘cooked mass’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011massecuite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmasse cuite‘cooked mass’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011massecuite
Earliest quotation: 2011, H. Panda: “Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills,…”
Every English word from French masse cuite
Today it means
noun A suspension of sugar crystals in a mother liquor, after boiling of syrup; produced in a sugar factory.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French masse cuite / massecuite