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From Italian pasta filata (literally “spun paste”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pasta filata
Today it means: A cheesemaking technique in which the curds are steeped in hot water or whey, then kneaded to obtain a soft, elastic, stringy texture. Full definition →
Italian pasta filata