bifolco

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bubulcus (“herdsman”).[1][2] For the /-f-/, compare gufo < būbō (“owl”), bufalo < būbalus (“buffalo”), and also tartufo < terrae tūber. Osco-Umbrian origin has been proposed,[2] which might also explain the /-i-/: compare Volscian bim (“ox”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biˈfol.ko/
  • Rhymes: -olko
  • Hyphenation: bi‧fól‧co

Noun

bifolco m (plural bifolchi, feminine bifolca)

  1. bumpkin, yokel
    Synonyms: grezzo, greggio, cafone, villano, contadino, (Roman slang) coatto, villico, maleducato, ineducato, troglodita, cavernicolo, rustico, vaccaro, mandriano, (Emilian slang) grindolo

Derived terms

References
  1. bifolco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-bulcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
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