setino
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin sētā (“silk”), probably via unattested Late Latin *sētīnus (“silken [cloth]”).[1] Very frequently folk-etymologized to derive from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”),[2] a calque of Quanzhou's former Chinese nickname 刺桐城 (Cìtóngchéng, “Tung Tree City”), after the trees which had been extensively planted there in the 10th century by Liu Congxiao,[3] but the derivation is unsupported.[1]
Noun
editsetino m (plural setini)
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin Sētīnus, from Sētia (“Sezze”) + -īnus (forming adjs.).
Adjective
editsetino (feminine setina, masculine plural setini, feminine plural setine)
Noun
editsetino m (plural setini, feminine setina)
- native or inhabitant of Sezze (male or of unspecified gender)
- Synonym: sezzese
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "satin, n. (and adj.)" in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1909.
- ^ E.g., Henry Yule's "Chinchew" entry for the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., 1878.
- ^ Kauz, Ralph. Aspects of the Maritime Silk Road, p. 145.
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