madavèscul

Romagnol

Alternative forms

• madavèscol (Central Romagna)

Etymology

From either Ancient Greek μαδαίος (madaíos) or μαδαρός (madarós, “wet”) + σκώληξ (skṓlēx, “worm”). The second definition is from Latin malva + ibiscum (“Althaea officinalis”) and was influenced by the former one.

Noun

madavèscul m (invariable) (Bassa Romagna)

1. earthworm
2. Only used in radiṣ d madavèscul

References

• Ponseggi, Franco (2016) Lèžar e scrìvar in Rumagnôl [Write and read in the Romagnol language] (in Italian), Rome: Youcanprint Self-Publishing, page 212