The story
- Italian · borrowed frompeperoni“bell peppers”
- English todaypepperoni
Borrowed from Italian peperoni (“bell peppers”), the plural of peperone (“bell pepper”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pepperoni
Today it means: A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper. Full definition →
Italian peperoni