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It's a case of "parallel evolution".
Burrito comes from the slang word used in Mexico to call a taco or corn tortilla, which can be traced back to 500 BC in Mesoamerica.
Dürüm comes from the Latin word durum, meaning a type of wheat artificially selected around 7000 BC in the Near East.
Since neither the Mediterranean cultures had corn, nor the American cultures had durum, it's just a case of "can make flour, add water, slap a thin layer on a flat stone, and heat it up".
In the present day, both can be made with wheat, and have similar fillings, except dürüm is filled with döner kebab meat which can't contain pig, but a burrito can contain anything.
aha i can be stickler for clear definitions as well, but I was just shitposting
Heh. Well, I got curious and double checked it anyway 😉