giumella

Italian

Etymology

From Latin (manum) gemella(m), which consists of Latin manus (“hand”) and gemella, female form of gemellus (“double, a pair of something”).[1]

Noun

giumella f (plural giumelle)

  1. two handfulls

References

  1. ↑ “giumella” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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