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Where does “cicerone” come from?

Cicerone comes from Italian cicerone, from Latin Ciceronem, the accusative of Cicero, originally meaning a chickpea plant, with the masculine nominative suffix -us from Old Latin -os from Proto-Italic -os from Proto-Indo-European -ós.

cicerone (English): A guide who shows people around tourist sights;...

Definitions

  1. A guide who shows people around tourist sights;...

Ancestry of “cicerone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianCicerone—
2LatinCiceronem—
3Latincicerchickpea; testicle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱiḱer-pea

Words derived from “cicerone”

  • ciceroni
  • ciceronage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱiḱer- →