amareḍḍi
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Sicilian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an unattested Vulgar Latin *amārelli, from amārus (“bitter”) + -ellus (“suffix added to an adjective forming a diminutive of that adjective”). Possibly by contamination of Ancient Greek μαρούλιον (maroúlion, a kind of lettuce), which is derived itself from an earlier *ἀμαρούλιον (*amaroúlion), from Latin amārus (“bitter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]amareḍḍi