tiramisu

Where does the word "tiramisu" come from? It comes from Italian tirami su, and was adopted directly into English (1982).

Tiramisu’s story begins in Italian: tirami su meant “pick me up.” Literally pick me up, referring to the espresso and cocoa in the layered dessert. It reached English by 1982 as tiramisu. Italian 'pick me up'; Le Beccherie restaurant in Treviso claims to have created it in the 1960s–70s. Today, tiramisu means a layered Italian dessert made with coffee-soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone cheese.

1. Stage 1 · Italian · 1970s tirami su "pick me up", literally pick me up, referring to the espresso and cocoa in the layered dessert.
2. Stage 2 · English · 1982 tiramisu "a layered coffee-flavored Italian dessert", Italian 'pick me up'; Le Beccherie restaurant in Treviso claims to have created it in the 1960s–70s.