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Where does “lardo” come from?

lardo (Italian) comes from Latin lardum, from Latin laridum, from Ancient Greek λαρινός, from Ancient Greek λᾱρός — tasty; pleasent to the taste, sweet, dainty.

lardo (Italian): cured strips of fatback; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. cured strips of fatback; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “lardo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlardumbacon fat, lard
2Latinlaridumlard, fat from pork or bacon
3Ancient Greekλαρινόςfatted, fat
4Ancient Greekλᾱρόςtasty; pleasent to the taste, sweet, dainty

Words derived from “lardo”

  • lardo
  • lardi
  • lardoso
  • lardaceo
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