figlia
Frequency
Hyphenated as
fì‧glia
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfiʎ.ʎa/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fīlia, from fīlius (“child, son”), from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Cognate to French fille, Portuguese filha, Galician filla, Romanian fie, Spanish hija, Sicilian figghia, Sardinian filla, Romansch feglia.
Related words
fille
young girl
little daughter
figli’ma
figli’ta
ragazza giovane
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