buttero

• IPA^(key): /ˈbut.te.ro/
• Rhymes: -uttero
• Hyphenation: bùt‧te‧ro

Perhaps from Ancient Greek βοτήρ (botḗr, “herdsman”), akin to βόσκω (bóskō, “to graze”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek βούτης (boútēs, “yokel”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cattle”). Caix derives it from Vulgar Latin puttulus, diminutive of puttus, from Latin putus (“boy”), since the meaning is still present dialectally (for the shift of change in suffix compare donnacchera).

buttero m (plural butteri)

1. (in the Maremma) shepherd on horseback
2. cowboy, herdsman, drover

From Arabic بُثُور (buṯūr), plural of بَثْرَة (baṯra, “pustule, pimple”).

buttero m (plural butteri)

1. pockmark, scar left on the skin as a result of smallpox
2. each of the small grooves on a thimble

• butterare

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

buttero

1. first-person singular present indicative of butterare

• buttero¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• buttero² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “buttero”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati