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Where does “scabino” come from?

scabino (Italian) comes from Latin scabinus, from Frankish skapin.

scabino (Italian): alderman; magistrate

Definitions

  1. alderman; magistrate

Ancestry of “scabino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinscabinusA municipal office roughly equivalent to a...
2Frankishskapin—
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