pantofola

Italian

Etymology

First element from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *pat-, *paþa- (“to walk, tread, go, step”), of uncertain origin and relation. Possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (“path; to go”). Cognate with Dutch pad, patte (“paw”), Low German pedden (“to step, tread”); second element unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈtɔ.fo.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔfola
• Hyphenation: pan‧tò‧fo‧la

Noun

pantofola f (plural pantofole)

1. (chiefly in the plural) slipper

References

• pantofola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana