cordesco

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin chordus (“late-born”), through an unattested Vulgar Latin term *chordiscus. Compare also Portuguese cordeiro, Spanish cordero.

Noun

cordesco m (plural cordeschi, feminine cordesca) (Tuscany)

1. secondborn lamb
2. calf butchered when still young

Further reading

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