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panino en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der.? Latin pānem Italian pane Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Italian -ino Italian paninobor. English panino Borrowed from Italian panino.

Meanings

1. A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.
   • There’s a communal slate table where patrons can sit and drink shade-grown coffee or eat a panino stuffed with Julia Hermosa’s locally grown arugula and Sprout Creek Farm cheese. 2009 June 7, Quick Bite/Bedford Hills, “A Farm Market in a Store”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:

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