Etymology tree Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta)bor. Neapolitan pizzabor. Italian pizzaubor. Polish pizza Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -erbor. Polish -er Polish pizzer From pizza + -er.