The term "macaronic" is believed to have originated in Padua in the late 15th century, apparently from "maccarona", a kind of pasta or dumpling eaten by peasants at that time. (That is also the presumed origin of "maccheroni".) Its association with the genre comes from the "Macaronea", a comical poem by Tifi Odasi in mixed Latin and Italian, published in 1488 or 1489. Another example of the genre is "Tosontea" by Corrado of Padua, which was published at about the same time as Tifi's "Macaronea".