Where does “cafiso” come from?
cafiso (Italian) comes from Sicilian cafisu, from Arabic قَفِيز, from Aramaic קְפִיזָא.
cafiso (Italian): A dry measure, equivalent to seven quarters of a...
Definitions
- A dry measure, equivalent to seven quarters of a...
Ancestry of “cafiso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sicilian | cafisu | qafiz, a measurement of volume used to measure... |
| 2 | Arabic | قَفِيز | a dry measure |
| 3 | Aramaic | קְפִיזָא | — |