treccia
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Probably a blend of Old French tresce (“tress”) and trina (“sash”). Possibly influenced by tre (“three”). Compare French tresse, Sicilian trizza, Spanish trenza.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
treccia f (plural trecce)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “treccia”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN