Etymology

kleftiko

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Today it means: A Greek dish of lamb marinated and baked on the bone. Full definition →

Greek κλέφτικο
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The story

  1. Greek · borrowed fromκλέφτικο“in the style of the klephts”
  2. English todaykleftiko

From Greek κλέφτικο (kléftiko, “in the style of the klephts”).

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