Carcoforo

English

Etymology

First attested 1383 as Italian Alpe Carchoffeni, founded by Walser settlers. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. From Walser dialect? Known as "Kirchof" in Walser...

Proper noun

Carcoforo

A village in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy

Translations

village in Italy

Alemannic German: Chalchoufe
Italian: Carcoforo
Piedmontese: Carcòfo

References

Rudolf Hotzenköcherle (1938): Die Walserkolonien in Piemont