Bruschetta [SEP] country of origin
Bruschetta
Bruschetta (, ) is an antipasto (starter dish) from Italy consisting of grilled bread rubbed with garlic and topped with olive oil and salt. Variations may include toppings of tomato, vegetables, beans, cured meat, or cheese. A popular dish is bruschetta with tomatoes; one recipe popular outside Italy involves basil, fresh tomato, garlic and onion or mozzarella. Bruschetta is usually served as a snack or appetizer. In some countries, the prepared topping is marketed as bruschetta.
In Italy, bruschetta is
, "-icciolo", "-igno", "-ognolo", "-"-occio" (of Latin origin, except the last one, whose origin is unclear).
Indo-European languages Latin and Romance languages Italian Italian loanwords.
Examples that made it into English are mostly culinary, like spaghetti (plural diminutive of "spago", meaning "thin string" or "twine"), linguine (named for its resemblance to little tongues ("lingue", in Italian)), and bruschetta. The diminution is often