bake mete
Middle English
Alternative forms
- baken mete, bakun mete, bakemete
Etymology
From baken, bake (the past participle of baken (“to bake”)), and mete (“food”); thus literally "baked food".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaːk(ə)mɛːt(ə)/, /ˈbaːkənmɛːt(ə)/
Noun
bake mete (plural bake metes)
- Any kind of cooked food which has a pastry coating.
Descendants
- English: bakemeat (obsolete)
- Scots: bakement (reinterpreted)
References
- “bāke(n mēte, bāke-mēte (phrase & n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-18.