Where does “Mafiatorte” come from?
Mafiatorte (German) comes from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Mafiatorte (German): pizza
Definitions
- pizza
Ancestry of “Mafiatorte”, step by step
Mafiatorte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German torte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | torte | inflection of torten: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 3 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 4 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 5 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |