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matzah
Hebrew · ancient
"unleavened bread"
unleavened bread eaten during Passover
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Stage 2 of 3
matse
Yiddish · medieval
"unleavened flatbread"
kept as the everyday word for the flatbread
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Stage 3 of 3
matzo
English · 1800s-1900s
"a flat, unleavened bread"
adopted through Yiddish-speaking immigrant communities
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