Where does “allocco” come from?
allocco (Italian) comes from Latin ulucus, from Latin ulula, from Proto-Indo-European up- — to call, to cry, to yell.
allocco (Italian): tawny owl or brown owl; sucker, chump
Definitions
- tawny owl or brown owl; sucker, chump
Ancestry of “allocco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ulucus | — |
| 2 | Latin | ulula | screech owl , tawny owl; second-person singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | up- | to call, to cry, to yell |
Words derived from “allocco”