Etymology

calisson

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Today it means: A Provençal diamond-shaped confection made with ground almonds. Full definition →

French calisson ← Occitan calissoun
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  1. Occitan · derived fromcalissoun
  2. French · borrowed fromcalisson
  3. English todaycalisson

Borrowed from French calisson, from Occitan calissoun.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.