different between megass vs bagasse

English

Noun

megass (uncountable)

1. (archaic) bagasse

English

Etymology

From French bagasse, from Spanish bagazo, from baga (“berry”).

Noun

bagasse (countable and uncountable, plural bagasses)

1. The residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted.

Synonyms

• megass (archaic), megasse (archaic)

Derived terms

• bagassosis

Translations

Anagrams

• base gas, seabags

French

Etymology 1

Attested since the 1720s, from Spanish bagazo, from baga (“berry”).

Noun

bagasse f (plural bagasses)

1. bagasse (residue from processing sugar cane after extracting the juice)
2. residue of indigo after extracting the dye by fermentation

Descendants

• ? English: bagasse
• ? Italian: bagascia

Etymology 2

Attested since the 1580s, from Old Occitan bagassa (“whore”), from Gallo-Roman *bacassa ("servant"). Some scholars previously postulated an origin in Arabic ????????? (b??iya, “prostitute”), from ??????? (ba???), but this was doubted by Émile Littré and is now considered unlikely.

Noun

bagasse f (plural bagasses)

1. a female prostitute

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