Contionary:fetta

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Jorvanian

Etymology

Uncertain; several possibilities exist. Probably ultimately from Latin findere, through an alteration of its past participle fissus into a form *fictus > *fectus. (Compare the change from fixus to fitto). An alternative may be a Vulgar Latin *offetta (“little piece”), diminutive of offa.

Noun

fetta (plural fette)

  1. slice (of meat, cake, etc.)
  2. piece