Where does “polenta” come from?
polenta (French) comes from Italian polenta, from Latin polenta — pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed...
polenta (French): polenta
Ancestry of “polenta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | polenta | polenta |
| 2 | Latin | polenta | pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed... |