Where does “ciccaiolo” come from?
ciccaiolo (Italian) comes from Italian cicca, from Old French cice, from Proto-Albanian tsitsā, from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab — Corn.
ciccaiolo (Italian): bum, tramp
Ancestry of “ciccaiolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | cicca | cigarette end, stub, cigar butt; fag; worthless... |
| 2 | Old French | cice | — |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | tsitsā | — |
| 4 | Spanish | chicha | meat; flesh; boob; chicha |
| 5 | Kuna | chichab | Corn |