Where does “pizza” come from?

Pizza entered English from Neapolitan pizza, a dish named after Naples, Italy, though its ultimate origin remains uncertain.

pizza (English): A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread...

Definitions

  1. A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread...

Ancestry of “pizza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpizzapizza; reel; something very monotonous and...
2Neapolitanpizzapizza
3Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...

Words derived from “pizza

Every word from Byzantine Greek πίτα