Where does “femminiello” come from?
femminiello (Italian) comes from Neapolitan femmeniello, from Neapolitan femmena, from Latin fēmina, from Proto-Italic fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.
femminiello (Italian): androgyne; third gender person; transsexual...
Definitions
- androgyne; third gender person; transsexual...
Ancestry of “femminiello”, step by step