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51 minutes ago, BonVivant said:The English word marmalade comes directly from Portuguese word marmelada
Not "directly". French borrowed it from Portuguese as "marmelade" and English borrowed it from the French. All the earliest recorded usages in English use the French or the English spellings.
7 minutes ago, BonVivant said:The English word marmalade comes directly from Portuguese word marmelada
Not "directly". French borrowed it from Portuguese as "marmelade" and English borrowed it from the French. All the earliest recorded usages use the French or the English spellings.
