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Harissa

2 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a spicy North African paste made from roasted chili peppers
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Stage 1 of 2
harasa
Arabic · medieval
"to pound, to crush"
to pound, to crush, describing chili peppers pounded into a paste
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Stage 2 of 2
harissa
English · 1900s
"a spicy North African chili paste"
adopted directly for the spicy North African chili paste
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