beignet

French

noun
Definitions
  • beignet (fritter filled with fruit etc)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bignet inherited from Old French bignet (fried dough enveloping a food substance) derived from Frankish *bungjo (bump, swelling, lump, a swelling, little clump) derived from Proto-Germanic *bungô derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (thick, dense, fat) affix from French beigne.

Origin

French

beigne

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