fiaccola
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of an unattested Old Italian *fiacca, from an older *facchia (with metathesis of /j/), from Latin facula, itself a diminutive of Latin fax (“torch”). Effectively a doublet of facola, which was borrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fiaccola f (plural fiaccole)
- torch (flaming sort)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Maltese: fjakkla
Further reading edit
- fiaccola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana