fet·a  (f ĕt ə, f āt ə)
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n. A white semisoft cheese usually made of goat's or sheep's milk and often preserved in brine.
[Modern Greek féta, short for tyrí féta, feta cheese, from féta, slice, from Italian fetta, slice, from Old Italian, slice, ultimately (via the reanalysis of *l'offetta, the slice, as la fetta, the slice) from *offetta, slice, diminutive of *offa, from Latin offa, morsel of food, of unknown origin.] |