maniscalco

See also: Maniscalco

Italian

Alternative forms

• manescalco, marescalco, mariscalco, maliscalco (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier mariscalco, from Frankish *marhaskalk (“servant assigned to horses”), from *marh + *skalk, whence also French maréchal, English marshal, Spanish mariscal; compare Medieval Latin mariscalcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.niˈskal.ko/
• Rhymes: -alko
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧scàl‧co

Noun

maniscalco m (plural maniscalchi)

1. blacksmith, farrier