Etymology

arancino

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Today it means: A baked rice ball, filled with cheese or other sauce, originally from Sicily. Full definition →

Italian arancino ← Sicilian arancinu
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The story

  1. Sicilian · derived fromarancinu
  2. Italian · borrowed fromarancino
  3. English todayarancino

Borrowed from Italian arancino, taken from Sicilian arancinu/arancina.

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