Meaning

noun a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala

noun a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables)

noun the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche

originBorrowed from French quiche, from Lorraine Rhine Franconian Küeche (“cake”), from Middle High German kuoche (German Kuchen, English kuchen), from Old High German kuocho, kuohho, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (English cookie), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”), whence also English cake (via Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”)). Compare Persian کوکو (kuku, “quiche”). More at cake. The…

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