Etymology

pide

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Today it means: Traditional Turkish flatbread. Full definition →

Turkish pide ← Ottoman Turkish پیده ← Ancient Greek πίτα
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The story

  1. Aramaic · derived fromפִּיתָּא“piece of bread”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπίτα
  3. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromپیده
  4. Turkish · borrowed frompide
  5. English todaypide

From Turkish pide, from Ottoman Turkish پیده (pide), پیته (pite), from Ancient Greek πίτα (píta), possibly from Aramaic פִּיתָּא (pītā, “piece of bread”). Doublet of pita and pizza.

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