ansiprèso

Istriot

Etymology

Compare Italian noce pesca, pesca noce (nectarine), Venetan naspèrgeso (nectarine), Maltese nuċiprisk (nectarine), Sicilian nucipèrsicu (cypress) for similar developments.

Ultimately from Late Latin cypressus.

Noun

ansiprèso m

  1. cypress

References

  • Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 26