A sweet cake or cookie flavored with ginger, molasses, and spices, often baked in decorative shapes.
From 'ginger' (the spice) and 'bread.' 'Ginger' comes from Sanskrit 'śrngavēra,' traveling through Persian and Greek. Medieval 'gingerbread' was often gilded with gold leaf and served as a status symbol at feasts.
Medieval gingerbread was so fancy and expensive that only rich people could afford it, and they'd serve it on special occasions coated in actual gold — it was basically the medieval luxury supercar!
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