scarafaggio.
cockroach
Meaning & usage
cockroach
a short person that has black hair or usually wears black clothes
Where this word comes from
For Vulgar Latin *scarafaius (cf. 10th c. glosses scarafagius), a local, perhaps Oscanized variant of Latin scarabaeus (“scarab, dung beetle”), of uncertain origin. This variant is also reflected by several Provencal forms. Compare Sicilian scravagghiu and Venetan scarafajo.
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