Pizza (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpittsa],
from the Latin verb
pìnsere, to press and from the Greek
pēktos, πηκτός, meaning "solid" or "clotted")
is Greek in origin (see also pitta).
The ancient
Greeks covered their bread with oils,
herbs and cheese. In
Byzantine
Greek, the word was spelled πίτα, pita,
or πίττα, pitta, meaning pie. The word has also
spread to Turkish
as pide,[2]
and Bulgarian,
Croatian
and Serbian
as pita, Albanian
as pite and Modern
Hebrew pittāh.[3]
The Romans
developed placenta,
a sheet of dough topped with cheese and honey
and flavored with bay leaves. Modern pizza originated in Italy as the
Neapolitan pie with tomato. In 1889, cheese was added.[4]
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