The name of which type of pasta comes from the Italian for 'little tongues'?
Linguine Linguine Linguine (; ) is a type of pasta similar to fettuccine and trenette but elliptical in section rather than flat. It is about in width, which is wider than spaghetti but not as wide as fettuccine. The name "linguine" means "little tongues" in Italian, where it is a plural of the feminine "linguina". Linguine are also called "trenette" or "bavette". A thinner version of linguine is called linguettine. Linguine originated in Genoa and the Liguria region of Italy. "Linguine alle vongole" (linguine with clams) and "trenette al pesto" are popular uses of this pasta. While spaghetti traditionally accompanies meat
Pasta Pasta may be enriched or fortified, or made from whole grains. First attested in English in 1874, the word "pasta" comes from Italian "pasta", in turn from Latin "pasta" latinisation of the Greek παστά ("pasta") "barley porridge". In the 1st century AD writings of Horace, "lagana" (singular: "laganum") were fine sheets of fried dough and were an everyday foodstuff. Writing in the 2nd century Athenaeus of Naucratis provides a recipe for "lagana" which he attributes to the 1st century Chrysippus of Tyana: sheets of dough made of wheat flour and the juice of crushed lettuce, then flavoured with spices and