Etymology

giallolino

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Today it means: Naples yellow, or massicot. Full definition →

Italian giallo ← Old High German gelo ← German gelb
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The story

  1. German · derived fromgelb
  2. Old High German · derived fromgelo
  3. Italian · derived fromgiallo“yellow”
  4. English todaygiallolino

From Italian giallo (“yellow”), probably from Old High German gelo, German gelb, akin to English yellow.

Words from the same roots

Italiangiallo all →

giallo

Germangelb all →

gelbstoff

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