Question on a specific food(found in christmas cake)?

Question

Where does the Word "MARZIPAN" come from?what does it mean?and who ACTUALLY Invented it?and when?

Answer 1

It is an Italian word and comes from Italy (this was just on Jeopardy!) Anyway, it is basically an almond paste used mainly in cake decorating. If you ever watch the food competitions on Food Network you'll see them using Marzipan for decorating. You should be able to find it in your grocer's baking aisle.
(and don't give the points to the girl above me cause she doesn't even list her sources and she obviously cut and paste, hate that)

Answer 2

It is debatable!

Historically, the city of Königsberg in East Prussia was renowned for its Marzipan production. Today, the term Königsberger Marzipan refers to a special type of Marzipan in Germany.

The German name has largely ousted the original English name marchpane with the same apparent derivation: "March bread."

Marzapane is documented earlier in Italian than in any other language, and the sense "bread" for pan is Romance. However, the ultimate etymology is unclear; for example, the Italian word derives from a Middle Latin word meaning "small box" and originally having the meaning of a coin on which a figure of a seated Christ was imprinted. Among the other possible etymologies set forth in the Oxford English Dictionary, one theory posits that the word "marzipan" may however be a corruption of Martaban, a Burmese city famous for its jars.

The Real Academia Española suggests the idea of the Spanish word mazapán to be derived from the Hispanic Arabic pičmáṭ, and this one, from the Greek παξαμάδιον.

Although it is believed to have originated in Persia (present-day Iran) and to have been introduced to Europe through the Turks, there is some dispute between Hungary and Italy over its origin. Marzipan became a specialty of the Baltic Sea region of Germany.

Answer 3

Marzipan is a confectionary created from Almonds, sugar and occasionally other additives such as rosewater.

It was believed to be invented in Iran when it was still called Persia. Although there are some discepancies, with other countries claiming ownership of the Marzipan confectionary.

The word Marzipan, however is a German word which means march bread, and was possibly derived from the original English name, March Pane and is similar to the oldest version of the roman word marzapane meaning bread.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

no clue ....sorry.....