falanghina

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰelǵ-“beam, plank”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromφᾰ́λᾰγξ“line, rank”
3. Latin · derived fromphalanga“pole for carrying things”
4. Italian · borrowed fromfalanghina
5. English todayfalanghina

From Italian falanghina, possibly derived, through Neapolitan, from Latin phalanga (“pole for carrying things”, by extension “pole for sustaining grapevine”), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phắlănx, “line, rank”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”).

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