Where does “pizza” come from?

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

pizza (Norwegian Nynorsk): pizza

Definitions

  1. pizza

Ancestry of “pizza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpizzapizza; reel; something very monotonous and...
2Neapolitanpizzapizza
3Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...
Every word from Byzantine Greek πίτα →Every word from Neapolitan pizza →Every word from Italian pizza →