Etymology

calzone

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Today it means: A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings. Full definition →

Italian calzone
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromcalzone
  2. English todaycalzone

Unadapted borrowing from Italian calzone (literally “stocking, trouser”). Doublet of chausson.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.