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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 102 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OMELETTE , sometimes Anglicized as "omelet," a See also:

French word of which the See also:history is an example of the curious changes a word may undergo. The ultimate origin is See also:Lat. lamella, diminutive of lamina, See also:plate; this became in French lamelle, and a wrong See also:division of is lamelle gave alamelle, alemelle, or alamelle; thence alemette, metathesized to amelette and aumelete, the See also:form in which the word appears in the 15th and 16th centuries. The See also:original meaning seems to be a pancake of a thin See also:flat shape. Omelettes are made with eggs,' beaten up lightly, with the addition of See also:milk, See also:flour, herbs, See also:cheese, mushrooms, &c., according to the requirement, and cooked quickly in a buttered See also:pan.

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