Origin and history of fettuccine

type of white Greek cheese made from goat's or ewe's milk, 1956, from Modern Greek (tyri) pheta, from tyri "cheese" + pheta, from Italian fetta "a slice," from Latin offa "a morsel, piece."

see fettuccine.

Greek dish of pieces of meat grilled on a skewer, 1959, from Modern Greek soublaki, from soubla "skewer," in classical Greek "awl," akin to Latin subula, from PIE root *syu- "to bind, sew." -ki is a diminutive suffix; for other use of the diminutive in food names compare tortilla, croquette, fettuccine.