tagliaticcio

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Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Adaptation of the Abruzzese dialectal word. May correspond to a Vulgar Latin *taliātīcius. By surface analysis, tagliato (cut) +‎ -iccio.

Noun[edit]

tagliaticcio m (plural tagliaticci)

  1. (cooking, usually in the plural) type of pasta originally from Abruzzo, Italy.

Etymology 2[edit]

From tagliare (to cut), due to its practice of cutting of the bunches of grapes from the vine. Ultimately, by the same surface analysis as above.

Noun[edit]

tagliaticcio m (plural tagliaticci)

  1. (archaic, horticulture, zoology) a leaf-rolling weevil who infests mainly vine (Attelabus bacchus)