Etymology

pancetta

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Today it means: A cured belly or pork; bacon. Full definition →

Italian pancetta
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  1. Italian · borrowed frompancetta
  2. English todaypancetta

Borrowed from Italian pancetta, from pancia (“belly”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.