granciu
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Sicilian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Latin cancer, cancrum (“crab”). Cognate with Italian granchio.
Noun[edit]
granciu m (plural granci)
Descendants[edit]
- → Maltese: granċ
- → Tunisian Arabic: قرنجو (granju, “Carcinus aestuarii”)[1]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “granciu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1885–1886