Where does “ciceroni” come from?

ciceroni (Italian) comes from Italian cicerone, from Latin Ciceronem, from Latin cicer, from Proto-Indo-European ḱiḱer- — pea.

ciceroni (Italian): plural of cicerone

Definitions

  1. plural of cicerone

Ancestry of “ciceroni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianciceroneA guide who shows people around tourist sights; A...
2LatinCiceronem—
3Latincicerchickpea; testicle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱiḱer-pea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱiḱer- →Every word from Latin cicer →Every word from Latin Ciceronem →