Where does “tavano” come from?

tavano (Neapolitan) comes from Latin tabanus — gadfly, horsefly.

tavano (Neapolitan): mosquito

Definitions

  1. mosquito

Ancestry of “tavano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintabanusgadfly, horsefly
Every word from Latin tabanus
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