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Where does “πίτσα” come from?

πίτσα (Greek) comes from Italian pizza, from Neapolitan pizza, from Byzantine Greek πίτα — cake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...

πίτσα (Greek): pizza

Definitions

  1. pizza

Ancestry of “πίτσα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpizzapizza; reel; something very monotonous and...
2Neapolitanpizzapizza
3Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...

Words derived from “πίτσα”

  • πιτσαδόρος
Every word from Byzantine Greek πίτα →