Where does “معكرونة” come from?

معكرونة (Arabic) comes from Italian maccaroni, from Italian maccherone, from Byzantine Greek μακαρία, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

معكرونة (Arabic): pasta

Definitions

  1. pasta

Ancestry of “معكرونة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmaccaroni
2Italianmaccheronemacaroni
3Byzantine Greekμακαρίαfood made from barley
4Ancient GreekΜακάριοςblessed, happy
5Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
6Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from Ancient Greek -μόςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ισμός