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Where does “cafone” come from?

cafone (English) comes from Italian cafone, from Neapolitan [[c'a]] [[fune]].

cafone (English): A boorish, uneducated Italian-American

Definitions

  1. A boorish, uneducated Italian-American

Ancestry of “cafone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancafonepeasant; boor; plural of cafona
2Neapolitan[[c'a]] [[fune]]—
Every word from Neapolitan [[c'a]] [[fune]] →