Where does “tiramisu” come from?

tiramisu (Romanian) comes from Italian tiramisù, from Italian mi, from Latin mihi, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

tiramisu (Romanian): tiramisu dessert

Definitions

  1. tiramisu dessert

Ancestry of “tiramisu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantiramisùtiramisu
2Italianmime; The third note, mi; E
3Latinmihidative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me
4LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
5Proto-ItalicegōI
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →