buttero
See also: butterò
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Perhaps from Ancient Greek βοτήρ (botḗr, “herdsman”), akin to βόσκω (bóskō, “to graze”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek βούτης (boútēs, “yokel”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cattle”). Caix derives it from Vulgar Latin puttulus, diminutive of puttus, from Latin putus (“boy”), since the meaning is still present dialectally (for the shift of change in suffix compare donnacchera).
Noun edit
buttero m (plural butteri)
Etymology 2 edit
From Arabic بُثُور (buṯūr), plural of بَثْرَة (baṯra, “pustule, pimple”).
Noun edit
buttero m (plural butteri)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
buttero
Further reading edit
- buttero1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- buttero2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “buttero”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati