Where does “totonero” come from?

totonero (Italian) comes from Italian nero, from Italian -astro, from Latin -astrum, from Latin -aster — pater + API → patraster.

totonero (Italian): illegal betting on football matches

Definitions

  1. illegal betting on football matches

Ancestry of “totonero”, step by step

totonero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian nero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianneroblack; black colour; fascist, the extreme right
2Italian-astroused to form pejoratives; -aster, -ster
3Latin-astrum—
4Latin-asterpater + API → patraster

via Italian totocalcio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantotocalciofootball pools
2Italiantot[alizzatore del] calcio—
Every word from Latin -aster →Every word from Italian -astro →Every word from Latin -astrum →