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Where does “polenta” come from?

polenta (French) comes from Italian polenta, from Latin polenta — pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed...

polenta (French): polenta

Definitions

  1. polenta

Ancestry of “polenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpolentapolenta
2Latinpolentapearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed...
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