Where does “스파게티” come from?
스파게티 (Korean) comes from Italian spaghetti, from Italian spaghetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos.
스파게티 (Korean): spaghetti
Ancestry of “스파게티”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | spaghetti | plural of spaghetto; a dish of spaghetti; fine... |
| 2 | Italian | spaghetto | strand of spaghetti; a dish of spaghetti; fright |
| 3 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 4 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 5 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 6 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |