Etymology

fusilli

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Today it means: Pasta in the shape of short spirals. Full definition →

Italian fusilli
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromfusilli
  2. English todayfusilli

From Italian fusilli, plural of fusillo, diminutive of fuso (“spindle”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.