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patella
Latin · ancient
"a small pan"
a small pan, a dish, a diminutive of patina (a shallow bowl)
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paella
Valencian/Spanish · medieval
"a shallow pan, and the rice dish cooked in it"
settled as the name for the shallow pan, and the rice dish cooked in it
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paella
English · 1900s
"a traditional Spanish rice dish"
adopted directly for the traditional Spanish rice dish
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