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English word spaghetti comes from Ancient Greek σφάκος, Latin spagus, and later Latin spacus (Twine.)

σφάκος (Ancient Greek)

spagus (Latin)

spacus (Latin)

Twine.

spago (Italian)

Cord, string, twine. Thread, packthread.

spaghetti (Italian)

Fine strings. Spaghetti.

spaghetti (English)

(countable) A spaghetti western.. A dish that has spaghetti as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.. A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.. Anything tangled or confusing.. Electrical insulating tubing.. Informally, any type of pasta.. Spaghetti code. (intransitive) To become, or appear to become longer and thinner.. (transitive) To stretch to become longer and thinner.

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