# mortadella

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.

## Etymology
From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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