Etymology

tompouce

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Today it means: A pastry from the Netherlands resembling mille-feuille. Full definition →

Dutch tompoes ← French Tom Pouce ← English Tom Thumb
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The story

  1. English · derived fromTom Thumb
  2. French · derived fromTom Pouce
  3. Dutch · borrowed fromtompoes
  4. English todaytompouce

From Dutch tompoes, from French Tom Pouce, the French translation of English Tom Thumb.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.