addobbare

Italian (Fiorentino)

verb

Definitions

(transitive) to decorate
(transitive) to dress up in fancy costume

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French adober (knighted, equip, knight).

Origin

Old French

adober

Gloss

knighted, equip, knight

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

haddock English
haddocky English
addobbamento Italian
addobbatore Italian
adouber French
adobar Spanish, Castilian
hadoque Portuguese
haddok Middle English
adober Old French
adobar Galician
*dubbjan, *dubban Frankish