pastichio

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noun

A Greek dish made with cheese, chopped meat and pasta, resembling lasagna.

OriginItalian pasticcio ← Vulgar Latin *pasticium ← Latin pasta →
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Meanings

nounpastichio (countable and uncountable, plural pastichios)

plural pastichios · alternative pastitsio

  1. countableuncountableA Greek dish made with cheese, chopped meat and pasta, resembling lasagna.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπαστά“barley porridge”
  2. Latinpasta“dough, pastry cake, paste”
  3. Vulgar Latin*pasticium
  4. Italianpasticcio“hodge-podge”
  5. Englishpastichio

From Italian pasticcio (“hodge-podge”), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from *pastīcius (“of dough”), from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastiche.

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Translations

Finnish pastitsio
  • pastitsioTranslations
Greek παστίτσιο
  • παστίτσιο (pastítsio)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Chicago

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