rotini
noun
ro·ti·ni rō-ˈtē-nē 
: short, corkscrew-shaped pasta
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Italian, plural of rotino "small wheel," from ruota "wheel" (going back to Latin rota) + -ino, diminutive suffix (going back to Latin -īnus, suffix of appurtenance) — more at roll entry 1, -ine entry 1
Note: Probably of dialectal Italian origin, as rotini does not refer to a pasta in Tuscan-based literary Italian.
First Known Use
1949, in the meaning defined above