Etymology

frumenty

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Today it means: A porridge made by boiling hulled wheat, typically with additional ingredients such as milk, egg yolks, and/or almond milk, traditionally served with venison or porpoise. Full definition →

Middle English furmente ← Old French fourmenté ← Latin frūmentum
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  1. Latin · derived fromfrūmentum
  2. Old French · derived fromfourmenté
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfurmente
  4. English todayfrumenty

From Middle English furmente, from Old French fourmenté, from furment (“grain”), from Latin frūmentum. Doublet of furmint.

Words from the same roots

Latinfrūmentum all →

frumentaceous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.