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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios, “Egyptian”), apparently early enough for the Greek υ to have still been pronounced /ø/ or /e/ yet late enough for the borrowing to escape the Romance palatalisation of velars before front vowels.[1] Compare gheppio < αἰγυπιός (aigupiós). Documented in Italian since 1282.[2] Doublet of egizio.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ghezzo (feminine ghezza, masculine plural ghezzi, feminine plural ghezze) (archaic)
- dark-skinned
- (by extension) a species of bird
- (by extension) a species of mushroom
Noun
ghezzo m (plural ghezzi, feminine ghezza) (archaic)
- person with dark skin (especially said of Berbers and Abyssinians)
References
- ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm. 1890. Grammaire des langues romanes, vol. I: Phonétique. Paris: Welter. Pages 30̵–31.
- ^ “ghezzo”, in TLIO – Tesoro della lingua italiana delle origini
Further reading
- ghezzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana