commifò
Neapolitan
Alternative forms
- commifó[1]
Etymology
Ultimately from French comme il faut (literally “as must be”).[2] Compare Ligurian, Lombard, Romagnol, Venetian, and Romanesco Italian comifò.
References
- Andreoli, Raffaele (1887) “commifò”, in Vocabolario napoletano-italiano (in Italian), page 183
- Mignone, Alessia (2005) Francesismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 45
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