bifolco
Italian
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin bubulcus (“herdsman”).[1][2] For the /-f-/, compare gufo < būbō (“owl”), bufalo < būbalus (“buffalo”), and also tartufo < terrae tūber. Osco-Umbrian origin has been proposed,[2] which might also explain the /-i-/: compare Volscian bim (“ox”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbifolco m (plural bifolchi, feminine bifolca)
- bumpkin, yokel
- Synonyms: grezzo, greggio, cafone, villano, contadino, (Roman slang) coatto, villico, maleducato, ineducato, troglodita, cavernicolo, rustico, vaccaro, mandriano, (Emilian slang) grindolo
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ bifolco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-bulcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77