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Spaghetti

3 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means long, thin strands of pasta
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Stage 1 of 3
spago
Italian · medieval
"string, twine"
meaning "string" or "twine"
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spaghetti
Italian · 1800s
"thin string-shaped pasta"
a plural diminutive, describing thin string-like pasta
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Stage 3 of 3
spaghetti
English · 1800s
"long thin pasta strands"
adopted directly from Italian
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