calabrone
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from a Vulgar Latin form *carabriōnem, from Latin crābrōnem, from Proto-Italic *krāzrō, from a Proto-Indo-European form *krH-s-r-o, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
calabrone m (plural calabroni)
Further reading edit
- calabrone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana