Where does “πορτοκαλόπιτα” come from?

πορτοκαλόπιτα (Greek) comes from Greek πορτοκάλι, from Italian portogallo, from Italian Portogallo — Portugal.

πορτοκαλόπιτα (Greek): a cake made with orange zest and juice

Definitions

  1. a cake made with orange zest and juice

Ancestry of “πορτοκαλόπιτα”, step by step

πορτοκαλόπιτα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek πορτοκάλι

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekπορτοκάλιorange
2Italianportogalloorange
3ItalianPortogalloPortugal

via Greek πίτα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekπίταpita, pie; pie; very drunk, stoned
2Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...
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