capoccia
Italian
Etymology 1
Either from:
- capo (“head”), or
- (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin caputium, from Latin caput (“head”).[1]
Alternative forms
- capoccio (vernacular)
Noun
capoccia m (uncountable)
- head of the family
- Synonym: capofamiglia
- overseer of labourers
- Synonym: caposquadra
- (colloquial) boss
Etymology 2
Noun
capoccia f (plural capocce)
References
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “capoccia”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati