vitto

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Latin vīctus (“lifestyle; nourishment”), from vīvō (“I live; I survive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvit.to/
• Rhymes: -itto
• Hyphenation: vìt‧to

Noun

vitto m (plural vitti)

1. (obsolete) nourishment

   Synonym: nutrimento

   • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 20”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 26; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

     […] la gente estrana, / ch’or d’Africa portava, ora d’Egitto / cose diverse e necessarie al vitto.

     Foreigners, who brought—sometimes from Africa, sometimes from Egypt—various things needed for nourishment.

2. food(s) used for daily nutrition; meals

   Synonym: cibo

   1. board (regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging)

      vitto e alloggio

      board and lodging

Derived terms

• sopravvitto

Further reading

• vitto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana