Etymology

merengue

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Today it means: A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic. Full definition →

Spanish merengue ← French meringue
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The story

  1. French · derived frommeringue
  2. Spanish · borrowed frommerengue
  3. English todaymerengue

Borrowed from Spanish merengue, from French meringue. Doublet of meringue.

Words from the same roots

Frenchmeringue all →

meringue

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.