polenta
[ poh-len-tuh ]
/ poʊˈlɛn tə /
noun
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
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Origin of polenta
1555–65; < Italian < Latin: hulled and crushed grain, especially barley
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polenta
/ (pəʊˈlɛntə) /
noun
a thick porridge made in Italy, usually from maize
Word Origin for polenta
C16: via Italian from Latin: pearl barley, perhaps from Greek palē pollen
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Word Origin and History for polenta
polenta
Old English polente, from Latin pollenta, polenta, literally "peeled barley," related to pollen "fine flour," from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (1) "flour; dust" (see pollen). Later reborrowed from Italian polenta, from the Latin word.
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