One 19th century source suggests that “muffin” may be related to the Greek bread “maphula”, a “cake baked on a hearth or griddle”, or from Old French “mou-pain”, which may have been corrupted into “mouffin”.
One 19th century source suggests that “muffin” may be related to the Greek bread “maphula”, a “cake baked on a hearth or griddle”, or from Old French “mou-pain”, which may have been corrupted into “mouffin”.