noun, masculine/ˈbisket/plural: bísquets
a type of lightly salted biscuit
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bis Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin *quoquō Latin coquō Latin coctus Early Medieval Latin biscoctus Old French bescuitbor. Middle English bisquyte English biscuitbor. Spanish bísquet Borrowed from English biscuit. Compare bísquete. Doublet of biscotte and bizcocho.