Etymograph

English

OVRA

OVRA comes from Italian OVRA.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentOVRA
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentOVRA
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from Italian OVRA with unknown full form.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain. Speculated by some as initialism of Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism).

Every English word from Italian OVRA

Today it means

name The secret police of Fascist Italy active from 1927 to 1945.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Italian OVRA / OVRA

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