'biscuit' comes from the word 'cuit' (cooked, done) and the Latin root 'bis' (two times', so literally it means twice cooked.
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The word origin of biscuit is "FRENCH" which means twice cooked.
The general French word is usually biscuit or gâteau sec.
un biscuit (bis= twice, cuit= cooked)
"fortune cookies" is "biscuits de fortune" in french.
A Scottish biscuit is often called shortbread.
Biscuit gateau
Biscuit is pronounced [BIS-KIT] in English and [BIS-KWEE] in French and thus has 2 syllables.
'un biscuit' (masc.) or 'un petit gâteau' (which means small cake)
fiole de biscuit
It is actually spelled biscuit at it is french
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