Hyphenation
ram·e·kinPronunciation
Etymology
() c. 1706,“” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online. from French ramequin, either from dialectical Middle Dutch rammeken (“(a cheese dish)”)Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 2009, Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. or from Middle Low German ramken (“cream (diminutive)”) diminutive of ram (“cream”), from rōme, akin to Old English ream (unrelated to Modern English cream), German rahm.