The word pizza is thought to have evolved as a mispronunciation of the word pita or picta. Pita was a type of bread that has been popular in the Middle East and Mediterranean for thousands of years. The word pizza first appeared in 997AD in a piece of Latin text found in the town of Gaeta in Southern Italy.

We all know what pizza is now but how many of us really know what the true origins of this food are. Not as many as we think i am pretty sure of that. Let's take a look into the things that we overlook when it comes to the origins of pizza.