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

  1. scissor maker; scissor seller

Ancestry of “forbiciaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianforbiciscissors; shears
2Latinforficisgenitive singular of forfex; shears
3Latinforfexpair of shears or scissors
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrdʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrdʰ- →Every word from Latin forfex →Every word from Latin forficis →