Etymology

blancmange

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Today it means: A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla. Full definition →

Middle English blancmanger ← Old French blanc mangier
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromblanc mangier“white food”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromblancmanger
  3. English todayblancmange

From Middle English blancmanger, blomanger, from Old French blanc mangier (“white food”). The pudding evolved from the chicken dish. Compare French blanc-manger.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.