Etymology

capellini

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Today it means: Synonym of angel hair (“type of pasta”). Full definition →

Italian capellini
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromcapellini
  2. English todaycapellini

1950s, borrowed from Italian capellini (literally “thin hair”), originally a diminutive of capelli (“hair”).

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