Hello #Vivers! Many of our students of Spanish courses in Madrid have told us that they have tried paella. However, very few have been able to tell us the origin of this word.
And you? Do you know why it is called paella? If you are interested in knowing the origin of this word, in this article you can find out some curiosities about it.
As you already know, paella is a dry rice dish, with meat, fish, seafood, legumes, etc., typical of the Valencian Community.
This popular Valencian dish and famous throughout the world that we know as paella took its name from old French paele, which came from Latin limpet (similar to a large metal plate). That is, the Valencian word paella It has been taken from the name of the pan where it is prepared and thus came to Spanish around the year 1900, which replaced the old name that this dish had: “Valencian rice”.
One last curiosity: limpet of the Latins also reached us through padilla, a name that the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy explains is currently out of use, which refers to a small frying pan.
Source: The origin of words. Illustrated etymological dictionary. Ricardo Soca
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