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Where does “pizzetta” come from?

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

pizzetta (Italian): Diminutive of pizza

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of pizza

Ancestry of “pizzetta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pizzetta”

  • pizzette
  • pizzette
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