response: The English word is borrowed from Modern Greek πίτα. And a rough translation for that is bread cake! pretty interesting huh?
history: Pita bread is some of the best bread out there. It really is! t is used in many Mediterranean, Balkan, and Middle Eastern cuisines How long has it been around for? Well, I know that it might have originated in Mesopotamia in approximately 2500 BC wow that long ago? Wouldve never thought it to be so old. Yeah! The first mention of the word in English however only dates back to the 30's Dang thats not too long ago.
knowledge: The English word is borrowed from Modern Greek πίτα, in turn from the Byzantine Greek πίτα ''bread, cake, pie, pitta'' (attested in 1108) and possibly from the Ancient Greek πίττα or πίσσα ''pitch/resin'' (for the gloss), or Ancient Greek πικτή (''pikte''), ''fermented pastry,'' which may have passed to Latin as ''picta'' cf.