Etymograph

English

grissino

Grissino comes from Italian grissino ‘breadstick, grissino’, and goes back to Piedmontese grissin.

  1. Piedmontesemoderngrissin
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentgrissino‘breadstick, grissino’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Piedmontesemoderngrissin
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentgrissino‘breadstick, grissino’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A narrow breadstick in Italian cuisine.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Piedmontese grissin / grissino