Etymology

pissaladière

Today it means: A pie from southern France, similar to pizza, without tomatoes or cheese, usually topped with onions, anchovies and black olives. Full definition →

French pissaladière ← Provençal pissaladiera
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  1. Provençal · derived frompissaladiera
  2. French · borrowed frompissaladière
  3. English todaypissaladière

Borrowed from French pissaladière, in turn borrowed from Niçard Provençal pissaladiera, from pissalat (an anchovy-based condiment), from peis salat (“salted fish”), suffixed with -iera.

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