Where does “pizza puff” come from?

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

pizza puff (English): A dough pouch filled with the ingredients of a...

Definitions

  1. A dough pouch filled with the ingredients of a...

Ancestry of “pizza puff”, step by step

pizza puff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pizza

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...

via English puff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpuffA sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath...
2Middle Englishpuff—
3Old Englishpyfa blast of wind, puff
Every word from Byzantine Greek πίτα →Every word from Neapolitan pizza →Every word from Italian pizza →