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Where does “pizzaiolo” come from?

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

pizzaiolo (Portuguese): pizzaiolo

Definitions

  1. pizzaiolo

Ancestry of “pizzaiolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpizzaiolopizzamaker
2Italianpizzapizza; reel; something very monotonous and...
3Neapolitanpizzapizza
4Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...
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