Where does “treccone” come from?

treccone (Italian) comes from Italian treccare, from Latin trīcāre, from Latin tricae, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

treccone (Italian): a person who retails foodstuffs

Definitions

  1. a person who retails foodstuffs

Ancestry of “treccone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantreccareto cheat, to scheme
2Latintrīcāre
3Latintricaetrifles, toys, trumpery; hindrances, impediments
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ-Every word from Latin tricaeEvery word from Latin trīcāre