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Where does “crespella” come from?

crespella (Italian) comes from Italian crespo, from Latin Crispus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

crespella (Italian): small folded pancake with savoury or sweet...

Definitions

  1. small folded pancake with savoury or sweet...

Ancestry of “crespella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancrespocrêpe; frizzy; first-person singular present...
2LatinCrispuscurly; hair
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “crespella”

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