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Where does “bucatini” come from?

bucatini (English) comes from Italian bucatini, from Italian buco, from Italian bucare, from Italian buca, from Frankish būk, from Proto-Germanic būkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- — to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...

bucatini (English): A thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running...

Definitions

  1. A thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running...

Ancestry of “bucatini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbucatiniplural of bucatino
2Italianbucohole; gap; aperture
3Italianbucareto pierce; to punch; to puncture
4Italianbucahole; pit; pocket
5Frankishbūkbelly, stomach; belly, trunk, hull
6Proto-Germanicbūkazbelly, abdomen; body
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōw-to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...
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