burrito

What it means

1. A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.

In a sentence

“You're stealing the blankets,” Zack complained, tugging at the duvet that, somehow, Aaron had completely burritoed himself in.

2020, Erin McRae, Racheline Maltese, Ink and Ice

Where it comes from

1. Ancient Greekπυρρός“flame-colored”
2. Latinburricus“small horse”
3. Spanishburrito
4. Englishburrito

Borrowed from Spanish burrito, diminutive of burro (“donkey”), from burrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). A possible origin is due to its resemblance to a rolled up pack as typically carried by donkeys, making it an example of synecdoche.