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Where does “スパゲティー” come from?

スパゲティー (Japanese) comes from English spaghetti, from Italian spaghetti, from Italian spaghetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus.

スパゲティー (Japanese): Alternative form of スパゲッティ

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  1. Alternative form of スパゲッティ

Ancestry of “スパゲティー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspaghettiA type of pasta made in the shape of long thin...
2Italianspaghettiplural of spaghetto; a dish of spaghetti; fine...
3Italianspaghettostrand of spaghetti; a dish of spaghetti; fright
4Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
5English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
6Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
7Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
8Latin-ātus—
9Proto-Italic-ātos—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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