Etymology

semola

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Today it means: semolina Full definition →

Italian semola ← Latin simila
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsimila“fine flour”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromsemola
  3. English todaysemola

Borrowed from Italian semola, from Latin simila (“fine flour”). Doublet of semla and semel.

Words from the same roots

Latinsimila all →

semolinasemlasimnel cake

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