Etymology

cavatelli

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Italian cavatelli
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromcavatelli
  2. English todaycavatelli

From Italian cavatelli (literally “little hollows”), plural diminutive of cavato (“hollow”) (+ -ello (diminutive), pluralized).

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