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Minestrone

3 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a thick Italian soup made with vegetables, beans, and pasta
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Stage 1 of 3
minestra
Italian · medieval
"a soup"
a soup, from minestrare (to serve, dish out)
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minestrone
Italian · 1800s
"a thick vegetable soup"
settled as the name for the hearty, thick vegetable soup
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minestrone
English · 1870s
"a thick Italian vegetable soup"
adopted directly as Italian cuisine spread internationally
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