What Cemita means
Cemita is a Mexican bread name of Arabic (via Spanish) origin meaning "fine-flour bread". It comes from Spanish acemita (bran bread), from Arabic samฤซd (fine white flour). It is pronounced seh-MEE-tah, and it is most associated with Puebla.
The Spanish academy routes cemita through acemite, from a Semitic root for finely milled grain that also gives semolina and Greek semidalis. The Puebla cemita is the sesame-crusted sandwich roll, not a sweet.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Mexican pan dulce is named by shape, and the names are pure visual poetry: concha (shell), oreja (ear), cuernito (little horn), ojo de buey (ox eye), corbata (necktie), puerquito (little pig), bigote (moustache).
