Etymology

giallo

gial·lo
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Today it means: A genre of Italian cinema mixing mystery and thriller with psychological elements. Full definition →

Italian giallo ← Old French jalne ← Latin galbinus
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The story

  1. Latingalbinus
  2. Old Frenchjalne
  3. Italiangiallo
  4. English todaygiallo

Borrowed from Italian giallo (literally “yellow”), in reference to the yellow covers of a series of mystery novels published by Mondadori from 1929.

Words from the same roots

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giallolino

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