Etymology

angel hair

Today it means: A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli. Full definition →

Italian capelli d'angelo
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The story

  1. Italian · semantic loan fromcapelli d'angelo
  2. English todayangel hair

Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Italian capelli d'angelo.

Words from the same roots

Italiancapelli d'angelo all →

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