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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin forficula (“small scissors”), from forfic- (“scissors”) +‎ -ula,^[1] with an unexpected shift of the first vowel. Compare borrowed doublet forficula and seemingly inherited doublet forfecchia (“earwig”).

Alternatively, possibly from the Osco-Umbrian substrate, from Proto-Italic *farβā (“beard”) with the Latin diminutive suffix -cula,^[2] in which case, sharing the same root as Italian barba. Though speculative, this would explain the divergent meaning and /a/ vowel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /farˈfek.kja/
Rhymes: -ekkja
Hyphenation: far‧féc‧chia

Noun

farfecchia f (plural farfecchie)

(rare, usually in the plural) moustache

References

^ “farfécchia”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 5 e–fin, UTET, 1968, page 685c
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “barba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69

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 ===Etymology===
-{{inh+|it|la|forficula|t=small scissors}}, from {{com|la|nocat=1|forfex|alt1=forfic-|t1=scissors|-ula}},<ref>{{R:it:GDLI|5|685|h=farfécchia}}</ref> with an unexpected shift of the first vowel. Compare borrowed doublet {{dbt|it|forficula|notext=1}} and seemingly inherited doublet {{dbt|it|forfecchia|t1=earwig|notext=1}}.
+{{inh+|it|la|forficula|t=small scissors}}, from {{com|la|nocat=1|forfex|alt1=forfic-|t1=scissors|-ula}},<ref>{{R:it:GDLI|farfécchia|vol=5|page=685c}}</ref> with an unexpected shift of the first vowel. Compare borrowed doublet {{dbt|it|forficula|notext=1}} and seemingly inherited doublet {{dbt|it|forfecchia|t1=earwig|notext=1}}.
 Alternatively, possibly from the {{bor|it|itc-sbl}} substrate, from {{der|it|itc-pro|*farβā|t=beard}} with the {{der|it|la|-}} diminutive suffix {{m|la|-cula}},<ref>{{R:itc:EDL|barba|69}}</ref> in which case, sharing the same root as {{m+|it|barba}}. Though speculative, this would explain the divergent meaning and {{IPAchar|/a/}} vowel.