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Where does “zitone” come from?

zitone (English) comes from Italian zitone, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

zitone (English): a larger form of ziti pasta

Definitions

  1. a larger form of ziti pasta

Ancestry of “zitone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianzitoneplural of zitona
2Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →