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Where does “pizza” come from?

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

pizza (Portuguese): pizza; sweat visible in the clothes, specially...

Definitions

  1. pizza; sweat visible in the clothes, specially...

Ancestry of “pizza”, step by step

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