Where does “mortadelă” come from?

mortadelă (Romanian) comes from Italian mortadella, from Latin murtatum, from Latin Myrtus, from Ancient Greek Μύρτος, from Semitic m-r-r.

mortadelă (Romanian): mortadella

Definitions

  1. mortadella

Ancestry of “mortadelă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmortadellamortadella
2Latinmurtatum—
3LatinMyrtusmyrtle
4Ancient GreekΜύρτοςmyrtle (Myrtus communis)
5Semiticm-r-r—
Every word from Semitic m-r-r →Every word from Ancient Greek Μύρτος →Every word from Latin Myrtus →