Etymograph

English

Panzica

Panzica comes from Sicilian panzicu ‘pot-bellied’, and goes back to panza ‘belly’.

  1. Sicilianmodernpanza‘belly’
  2. Sicilian, derivedmodernpanzicu‘pot-bellied’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentPanzica
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Sicilianmodernpanza‘belly’
  2. Sicilian, derivedmodernpanzicu‘pot-bellied’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentPanzica
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin pantex ‘belly, paunch, guts’

pounce, ponce, panzer, pancetta, 2 more

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

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

Etymograph / Sicilian panza / Panzica

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