Where does “pizza” come from?

pizza (Chinese) comes from English pizza, from Italian pizza, from Neapolitan pizza, from Byzantine Greek πίτα — cake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...

pizza (Chinese): pizza

Definitions

  1. pizza

Ancestry of “pizza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpizzaA baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread...
2Italianpizzapizza; reel; something very monotonous and...
3Neapolitanpizzapizza
4Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...
Every word from Byzantine Greek πίτα →Every word from Neapolitan pizza →Every word from Italian pizza →