Etymology

panatela

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Today it means: A long thin cigar. Full definition →

Spanish panatela ← Latin pānis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompānis“bread”
  2. Spanish · borrowed frompanatela
  3. English todaypanatela

From Spanish panatela, the name of a long thin biscuit, from the Italian diminutive panatella, which ultimately derives from Latin pānis (“bread”).

Words from the same roots

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