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Praslin
French · 1600s
"a French noble family's surname"
the surname of Marshal Duplessis-Praslin, whose cook is credited with inventing the confection
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praline
French · 1600s
"an almond-sugar confection"
named an almond-and-caramelized-sugar candy after the Marshal
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praline
English · 1727-1809
"a nut-and-caramelized-sugar confection"
borrowed for the same candy, later widening to similar sugar-and-nut confections
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