càmmiciu

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Italian camice and camicia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

càmmiciu m (plural càmmici)

1. (hairdressing) cloth used by barbers to cover the customer (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

   Synonym: cantusciu

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “càmmiciu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 634