English
macaroni
Macaroni comes from Italian maccarone.
- Italianc. 1300–presentmaccaroneas maccaroni
- Englishearliest quotation 1600macaroni
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentmaccaroneas maccaroni
- Englishearliest quotation 1600macaroni
Earliest quotation: 1600, Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]: “He doth learne to make ſtrange ſauces, to eat…”
The story
Variously derived from late Byzantine Greek μακαρία (makaría, “food made from barley”), from Ancient Greek μάκαρ (mákar, “blessed; favored by the gods”), or from maccare (archaic variant of ammaccare (‘to bruise; to crush’)), from Latin maccāre of the same meaning.
Every English word from Italian maccarone
Today it means
noun A type of pasta in the form of short tubes, typically boiled and served in soup, with a sauce, or in melted cheese; a dish of this.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian maccarone / macaroni