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

  1. tawny owl or brown owl; sucker, chump

Ancestry of “allocco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinulucus—
2Latinululascreech owl (Tyto alba), tawny owl (Strix aluco)
3Proto-Indo-Europeanup-to call, to cry, to yell

Words derived from “allocco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European up- →Every word from Latin ulula →Every word from Latin ulucus →