Etymology

focaccia

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Today it means: A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast. Full definition →

Italian focaccia ← Late Latin focācium ← Latin focus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfocus“hearth”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromfocācium
  3. Italian · borrowed fromfocaccia
  4. English todayfocaccia

Unadapted borrowing from Italian focaccia, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fougasse and pagash. Cognate with Sicilian fugazza, Serbo-Croatian pogača (“unleavened bread”).

Words from the same roots

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