buttero

buttero

See also: butterò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbut.te.ro/
• Rhymes: -uttero
• Hyphenation: bùt‧te‧ro

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Ancient Greek βοτήρ (botḗr, “herdsman”), akin to βόσκω (bóskō, “to graze”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek βούτης (boútēs, “yokel”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cattle”). Caix derives it from Vulgar Latin puttulus, diminutive of puttus, from Latin putus (“boy”), since the meaning is still present dialectally (for the shift of change in suffix compare donnacchera).

Noun

buttero m (plural butteri)

1. (in the Maremma) shepherd on horseback
2. cowboy, herdsman, drover

Etymology 2

From Arabic بُثُور‎ (buṯūr), plural of بَثْرَة‎ (baṯra, “pustule, pimple”).

Noun

buttero m (plural butteri)

1. pockmark, scar left on the skin as a result of smallpox
2. each of the small grooves on a thimble

Derived terms

• butterare

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

buttero

1. first-person singular present indicative of butterare

Further reading

• buttero¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• buttero² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “buttero”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati