Loukas,
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#Easter #etymology fact:

In the UK people eat 'Simnel' cakes at this time of year. Slightly earlier Swedes start eating 'semla' buns, for Lent.

Both names - semla and simnel - come ultimately from the Greek σεμίδαλις, meaning fine flour, from which we also get 'semolina.'

(The route from Greek to Swedish and English goes via German Semmel and Latin simila).

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