Noun: granchio
Gender: m
Hyphenation: gràn‧chio
| Singular m | granchio |
| Plural m | granchi |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like granchio
mioepitelio,
reziario,
sfizio,
proechimio,
scafio,
scimio,
scolio,
bestiario,
rogatario,
solaio,
soffio,
undicennio,
silfio,
iodoformio,
acrostolio,
capecchio,
cappellinaio,
fillocladio,
metalloscopio,
straordinario, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From *cranclu(m), accusative singular of Vulgar Latin *cranclus, by metathesis and syncope from a Late Latin *cancrulus (compare attested Medieval Latin cancrulus), a diminutive of Latin cancer (“crab”). The Latin derives from Proto-Italic *kankros, dissimilation of *karkros (“enclosure”) (because the pincers of a crab form a circle), from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). See also the doublet cancro (“cancer”). See: Latin Nouns '
cancer'.
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