tiramisu

noun

an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate

Roots

tiraretira- · Italian · pull memi- · Italian · me susu- · Italian · up

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The word tiramisu breaks down into 3 roots of Italian origin: tira, from Italian tirare (“pull”); mi, from Italian me (“me”); and su, from Italian su (“up”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.