Where does “pancetta” come from?

pancetta (English) comes from Italian pancetta, from Italian pancia, from Latin pantex — belly, paunch, guts.

pancetta (English): A cured belly or pork; bacon

Definitions

  1. A cured belly or pork; bacon

Ancestry of “pancetta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpancettapaunch; pancetta
2Italianpanciabelly, stomach, paunch
3Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts
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