English
Mafioso
Mafioso comes from Italian mafioso ‘mafia, Mafia’, and goes back to Sicilian mafia.
- Sicilianmodernmafia‘the Mafia’
- Sicilian, derivedmodernmafiusu‘a Mafioso, a member of the Mafia, a mobster’
- Italianc. 1300–presentmafioso‘mafia, Mafia’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998Mafioso
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Sicilianmodernmafia‘the Mafia’
- Sicilian, derivedmodernmafiusu‘a Mafioso, a member of the Mafia, a mobster’
- Italianc. 1300–presentmafioso‘mafia, Mafia’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998Mafioso
Earliest quotation: 1998, World Press Review: “The widow of one murdered Mafioso gave her son…”
Every English word from Sicilian mafia
Today it means
noun A member of the Mafia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sicilian mafia / Mafioso