Re: Re: potatoes and pizza

From: Light Castle <light_castle_at_...>
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 09:04:20 -0400

On Mon, 2005-04-07 at 12:23 +0100, Jane Williams wrote:
> > In fact I was told that 'pizza'
> > was Italian for 'pie'.
>
> I thought so, and I checked to be sure: Italian for
> "pie" is "torta". Probably where we get "tart" from.

I think the etymology is actually less clear than that. There seem to be a plethora of words overlapping the various foodstuffs involved.

LC