The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμύρτος
- Latin · derived frommurtatum“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”
- Italian · borrowed frommortadella
- English todaymortadella
From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμύρτος all →
myrtle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.