Where does “Pulcinella” come from?

Pulcinella (Italian) comes from Latin pūlicem, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

Pulcinella (Italian): a character from the commedia dell'arte known for his loud and cunningly playful behavior, native of Naples

Definitions

  1. a character from the commedia dell'arte known for his loud and cunningly playful behavior, native of Naples

Ancestry of “Pulcinella”, step by step

Pulcinella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pūlicem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūlicem—
2Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea

via Neapolitan Pulecenella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1NeapolitanPulecenella—

Words derived from “Pulcinella”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →Every word from Latin pūlicem →