Ondiz
Today at work we discovered interesting facts about quinces:
- The word marmelade comes from marmelo, quince in Portuguese
- Quince pie is done in the whole Iberian Peninsule but it's called marmelada in Portuguese and dulce de membrillo in Spanish
- The Basque word for quince is irasagarra, being sagarra apple.
Have a nice day fedipeople!
Ondiz
Oh my! It's quince cheese not quince pie ?
That happens because trying to deal with too many languages.
Ondiz
After discovering that quince is mela cotogna in Italian (being mela apple) I had the urge to check the etimology of the Spanish word for it (membrillo).
It looks it comes from melimelum, sweet apple.
http://etimologias.dechile.net/?membrillo
Second best etimology ever, the best one is clearly avestruz (ostrich).
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