Where does “macaroni” come from?
Macaroni comes from Italian maccaroni, from maccheroni, from maccherone, from the verb maccare, from Ancient Greek μακάριος with the suffix -ιος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yós.
macaroni (English): A type of pasta in the form of short tubes;...
Definitions
- A type of pasta in the form of short tubes;...
Ancestry of “macaroni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | maccaroni | — |
| 2 | Italian | maccherone | macaroni |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | μακαρία | food made from barley |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Μακάριος | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |
Words derived from “macaroni”