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bis coctus
Latin · ancient
"twice cooked"
twice cooked, from bis (twice) and coquere (to cook)
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biscotto
Italian · medieval
"a twice-baked, hardened cookie"
carried into Italian for the twice-baked, hardened cookie
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biscotti
English · 1900s
"a crunchy, twice-baked Italian cookie"
adopted from the Italian plural for the crunchy, twice-baked cookie
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