marzacotto

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκονία“dust, ashes”
2. Classical Syriac · derived fromܡܫܚ ܩܘܢܝܐ“ointment of sosa”
3. Arabic · derived fromمَسْحَقُونِيَّا
4. Italian · borrowed frommarzacotto
5. English todaymarzacotto

From Italian marzacotto (second element influenced by cotto (“cooked”)), from Arabic مَسْحَقُونِيَّا (masḥaqūniyyā), from Classical Syriac ܡܫܚ ܩܘܢܝܐ (məšaḥ qūnyā, “ointment of sosa”), from ܡܫܚ (məšaḥ, “salve, unguent”) (from ܡܫܚ (məšaḥ, “to anoint”); see Hebrew מָשַׁח (māšaḥ, “to anoint”)) + Ancient Greek κονία (konía, “dust, ashes”).

Words from the same roots