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Where does “polenta” come from?

polenta (Italian) comes from Latin polenta — pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed...

polenta (Italian): polenta

Definitions

  1. polenta

Ancestry of “polenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpolentapearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed...

Words derived from “polenta”

  • polenta
  • polentalike
  • polentone
  • polenta
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