'Spaghetti' is a word borrowed from Italian 'spaghetti'. The word entered the English language some time around 1874.
spaghetti [noun] [1874]
- pasta made in thin solid strings
- insulating tubing typically of varnished cloth or of plastic for covering bare wire or holding insulated wires together
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Etymology: Italian, from plural of 'spaghetto' diminutive of 'spago' cord, string, from Late Latin 'spacus'
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