Etymology

paparazzo

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Today it means: A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs. Full definition →

Italian paparazzo
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  1. Italian · borrowed frompaparazzo
  2. English todaypaparazzo

Borrowed from Italian paparazzo, from the name of Coriolano Paparazzo, a character in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.