vecco

Italian

Etymology

ve[di] (“look!”, 2^nd-person singular imperative of vedere) +‎ ecco (“here is...; there is...”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛk.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɛkko
• Hyphenation: vèc‧co

Adverb

vecco (Tuscan, archaic)

1. used to call someone's attention to one or more suddenly appearing or happening beings or things; here is..., there is...
2. used to call someone's attention to beings or things; here is..., there is...
   • late 14^th century, chapter XXXIII, in Storia di fra Michele minorita‎^[1], page 53; published in Scelta di curiosità letterarie inedite o rare dal secolo XIII al XIX, volume 50, Bologna: Gaetano Romagnoli, 1864:

     Appressandosi al capannuccio, il grido v’era grande, e diceagli: vecco il capannuccio!

     As he got closer to the shack, there was great clamor, telling him: "Here is the shack!"

References

• Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “vecco”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 21, page 692