Noun: lazzaretto
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | lazzaretto |
| Plural m | lazzaretti |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like lazzaretto
egocentrismo,
surrogato,
maxicappotto,
diidrofolato,
nipotismo,
buccellato,
bacinetto,
sfrido,
nevometro,
altofondo,
sfarzo,
sfagno,
sforzo,
sfondo,
burchiello,
rosatello,
sciacquamento,
sonnellino,
teletrattamento,
biroccino, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From lazzaro (“lazar, leper”) + -etto (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical character found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”, literally “God has helped”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible. Originally the name of a 14th-century leper colony and quarantine site on the island of Sta. Maria di Nazareth in Venice, now known as the Lazzaretto Vecchio, from which use spread more generally.
Verbs referencing "lazzaretto"
Dutch Nouns
lazaret, French Nouns
lazaret, German Nouns
Lazarett, Swedish Nouns
lasarett.
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