Paprika
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late 19th century: from Hungarian.
wiktionary
Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι(péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि(pippali, “ long pepper”). Akin to paprikash.
etymonline
paprika (n.)
condiment made from types of dried, ground sweet red peppers, 1839, from Hungarian paprika, a diminutive from Serbo-Croatian papar "pepper," from Latin piper or Modern Greek piperi (see pepper (n.)). A condiment made from a New World plant, introduced into Eastern Europe by the Turks; known in Hungary by 1569.
