OMELETTE  , sometimes Anglicized as "omelet," a

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