Etymology

mezzaluna

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Today it means: A crescent-shaped steel blade attached to a wooden handle, used to chop food. Full definition →

Italian mezzaluna
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  1. Italian · borrowed frommezzaluna
  2. English todaymezzaluna

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mezzaluna (literally “half-moon”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.