ruffiano
Italian (Fiorentino)
noun
Definitions
- pander, procurer, pimp
- bootlicker
- sycophant
- flunky
- hanger-on
Etymology
Derived from Old High German hruf (eschar, crust) inherited from Latin *rufianus.
Origin
Latin
*rufianus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ruffian English
- ruffle English
- ruffleless English
- rufflement English
- ruffler English
- ruffly English
- toruffle English
- unrufflable English
- unruffle English
- *rufianus Latin
- ruffianeggiare Italian
- ruffianeria Italian
- ruffianesco Italian
- rufian French
- rufián Spanish, Castilian
- *hreubaz Proto-Germanic
- ruffelen Middle English
- ruifíneach Irish
- hruf Old High German
- hruf, hrŭf Old High German
- rufian Middle French