Where does “forbiciaio” come from?
forbiciaio (Italian) comes from Italian forbici, from Latin forficis, from Latin forfex, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrdʰ-.
forbiciaio (Italian): scissor maker; scissor seller
Definitions
- scissor maker; scissor seller
Ancestry of “forbiciaio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | forbici | scissors; shears |
| 2 | Latin | forficis | genitive singular of forfex; shears |
| 3 | Latin | forfex | pair of shears or scissors |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrdʰ- | — |