Etymology

petit gâteau

Today it means: A French chocolate dessert, consisting of a small cake with a crunchy shell and a creamy filling. Full definition →

French petit gâteau ← ['fr ',
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  1. ['fr · borrowed from',
  2. French · borrowed frompetit gâteau
  3. English todaypetit gâteau

Borrowed from French petit gâteau (“small cake”).

Words from the same roots

['fr', all →

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