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Where does “tafano” come from?

tafano (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin tafanus, from Latin tabanus — gadfly, horsefly.

tafano (Italian): horsefly; gadfly

Definitions

  1. horsefly; gadfly

Ancestry of “tafano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintafanus—
2Latintabanusgadfly, horsefly
Every word from Latin tabanus →