Where does “معكرونة” come from?
معكرونة (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Italian maccaroni, from Italian maccherone, from Byzantine Greek μακαρία, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
معكرونة (South Levantine Arabic): pasta, noodles
Definitions
- pasta, noodles