English
sfogliatella
Sfogliatella comes from Italian sfogliare ‘to unfold, to leaf through’, and goes back to Latin folium.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium1‘leaf’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfolia1‘a leaf’plural of folium
- Italianc. 1300–presentfoglia2‘leaf’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsfogliare2‘to unfold, to leaf through’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsfogliatella2
- Englishtodaysfogliatella2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Italian foglia
- 2 Wiktionary, English sfogliatella
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfoliumWiktionary, Italian foglia‘leaf’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfoliaWiktionary, Italian foglia‘a leaf’plural of folium
- Italianc. 1300–presentfogliaWiktionary, English sfogliatella‘leaf’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsfogliareWiktionary, English sfogliatella‘to unfold, to leaf through’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsfogliatellaWiktionary, English sfogliatella
- EnglishtodaysfogliatellaWiktionary, English sfogliatella
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘blossom, flower’
full, blood, blow, flower, bless, fool, blade, bloom, floral, bleed, flora, blossom, flourish, ferret, florist, fleur, flor, belladonna, 53 more
through Latin folium ‘leaf’
folio, folic, trefoil, exfoliation, exfoliate, 19 more
through Late Latin folia ‘a leaf’
Today it means
noun A Neapolitan pastry made from puff pastry with a sweet filling.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sfogliatella”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Italian foglia. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Latin folium / sfogliatella