{"era":"current","word":"macaroni","meaning":"tube-shaped pasta; also a historical slang term for a dandy","children":[{"era":"1500s","word":"southern Italian dialectal maccaroni","meaning":"name of a pasta made with flour, cheese, and butter","children":[{"era":"medieval","word":"maccare","meaning":"to bruise, batter, crush","children":[],"language":"Southern Italian dialect"},{"era":"classical/late antiquity","word":"makaria","meaning":"barley food","children":[],"language":"Late Greek"}],"language":"Italian"}],"language":"Modern English"}