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Pita

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a round, slightly leavened flatbread with an internal pocket
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Stage 1 of 2
pita
Greek · medieval
"flatbread"
the round, pocketed flatbread common across the eastern Mediterranean
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Stage 2 of 2
pita
English · 1950s
"a round, pocketed flatbread"
adopted directly as Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine spread internationally
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