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march⋅pane

  [mahrch-peyn]
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–noun
marzipan.
Origin:
1485–95; < F, dial. var. of massepain, marcepain < It marzapane, orig. sugar-candy box, perh. < Ar mawthabān a seated king

mar⋅zi⋅pan

  [mahr-zuh-pan]
–noun
a confection made of almonds reduced to a paste with sugar and often molded into various forms, usually diminutive fruits and vegetables.
Also called marchpane.

Origin:
1535–45; < G < It marzapane. See marchpane
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march·pane   (märch'pān')   
n.   Archaic
Marzipan.

[Perhaps obsolete French marcepain, from Italian marzapane, marzipan; see marzipan.]
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Word Origin & History

marzipan 
1901 (in modern use; earlier march payne, 1494, from Fr. or Du.), from Ger. Marzipan, from It. marzapane, "candy box," in M.L. "small box," earlier, "coin bearing image of seated Christ." One suggestion is that this is from Ar. mawthaban "king who sits still." Nobody seems to quite accept this, but nobody has a better idea.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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