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Where does “sfirricchia” come from?
sfirricchia (Sicilian) comes from Sicilian sferra, from Vulgar Latin *exferra.
Ancestry of “sfirricchia”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Sicilian
sferra
broken old exhausted horseshoe after it is taken from the hoof of the horse
2
Vulgar Latin
*exferra
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