Where does “solecchio” come from?

solecchio (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin *sōliculum.

solecchio (Italian): the gesture of shielding one's own eyes from sunlight by putting an open hand at the level of the eyebrows

Definitions

  1. the gesture of shielding one's own eyes from sunlight by putting an open hand at the level of the eyebrows

Ancestry of “solecchio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*sōliculum
Every word from Vulgar Latin *sōliculum
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