In the 6th century BC, the Persian soldiers of the Achaemenid Empire during the rule of Darius the Great baked flatbreads with cheese and dates on top of their battle shields and the ancient Greeks supplemented their bread with oils, herbs, and cheese. Records of people adding other ingredients to bread to make it more flavorful can be found throughout ancient history. Historyįoods similar to pizza have been made since the Neolithic Age. A person who makes pizza is known as a " pizzaiolo". The shift b>p could be explained by the High German consonant shift, and it has been noted in this connection that in German the word Imbiss means "snack".Ī small pizza is sometimes called a " pizzetta".
The Lombardic word bizzo or pizzo meaning "mouthful" (related to the English words "bit" and "bite"), which was brought to Italy in the middle of the 6th century AD by the invading Lombards. Their origin is from Latin pinsere "to pound, stamp". The Etymological Dictionary of the Italian Language explains it as coming from dialectal pinza "clamp", as in modern Italian pinze "pliers, pincers, tongs, forceps". The word pitta can in turn be traced to either Ancient Greek πικτή ( pikte), "fermented pastry", which in Latin became "picta", or Ancient Greek πίσσα ( pissa, Attic πίττα, pitta), "pitch", or πήτεα ( pḗtea), "bran" (πητίτης pētítēs, "bran bread"). Modern Greek pitta bread and the Apulia and Calabrian (then Byzantine Italy) pitta, a round flat bread baked in the oven at high temperature sometimes with toppings. 
Byzantine Greek and Late Latin pitta > pizza, cf. The oldest usage of the word "pizza" that we have record of was in a Latin text from the town of Gaeta, then still part of the Byzantine Empire, in 997 AD the text states that a tenant of certain property is to give the bishop of Gaeta duodecim pizze ("twelve pizzas") every Christmas Day, and another twelve every Easter Sunday. population aged 2 years and over consumed pizza on any given day. In 2017, the world pizza market was US$128 billion, and in the US it was $44 billion spread over 76,000 pizzerias. Pizza is also sold in grocery stores in a variety of forms, including frozen or as kits for self-assembly. In casual settings, however, it is cut into wedges to be eaten while held in the hand. In Italy, pizza served in a restaurant is presented unsliced, and is eaten with the use of a knife and fork. Pizza is sold at a variety of restaurants, including pizzerias (pizza specialty restaurants), Mediterranean restaurants, via delivery, and as street food. Pizza and its variants are among the most popular foods in the world. In 2017, the art of making Neapolitan pizza was added to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage. In 2009, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish. Raffaele Esposito is often considered to be the father of modern pizza. 
The term pizza was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania.
Pizza ( English: / ˈ p iː t s ə/ PEET-sə, Italian:, Neapolitan: ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, onions, olives, vegetables, meat, ham, etc.), which is then baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven.
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