Where does “tiramisu” come from?
tiramisu (English) comes from Italian tiramisù, from Italian mi, from Latin mihi, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
tiramisu (English): Alternative spelling of tiramisu
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of tiramisu
Ancestry of “tiramisu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tiramisù | tiramisu |
| 2 | Italian | mi | me; The third note, mi; E |
| 3 | Latin | mihi | dative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me |
| 4 | Latin | egō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | egō | I |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |