Noun: capriccio
Gender: m
Hyphenation: ca‧prìc‧cio
| Singular m | capriccio |
| Plural m | capricci |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like capriccio
paleggio,
bisticcio,
sercio,
seggio,
saggio,
salcio,
taralluccio,
cappellaccio,
sorcio,
soglio,
acquaticcio,
pagliericcio,
picchettaggio,
pappatacio,
ciclaggio,
colaticcio,
appannaggio,
bunkeraggio,
motteggio,
grippaggio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. substratebor.?
3. Proto-Indo-European *kap-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *kap-
5. Proto-Indo-European *káput
6. Proto-Italic *kaput
7. Latin caput
8. Vulgar Latin capus
9. Old Italian capo
10. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗrder.
11. Latin ērīcius
12. Old Italian riccio
13. Old Italian caporiccio
14. Italian capriccio
15. From earlier caporiccio, from capo + riccio, literally “curly head”. People believed that curly hair was a sign for a capricious and unruly character.
Verbs referencing "capriccio"
English Nouns
caprice, French Nouns
caprice, English Nouns
capriccio, Swedish Nouns
kapris, Catalan Nouns
caprici, Spanish Nouns
capricho, Finnish Nouns
kapriisi, Catalan Nouns
capritx, Polish Nouns
kaprys.
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