ciocio

== Italian == === Etymology 1 === Has been connected with cioccia (“nipple”) and cecio (“chickpea”). ==== Noun ==== ciocio m (plural cioci) (Tuscany) Form of address for a small child. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “ciocio”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati === Etymology 2 === Possibly sound symbolic, compare Latin cīmex, Old Armenian ճճի (čči). ==== Noun ==== ciocio m (plural cioci) (dialectal, Serrone) cockroach Synonyms: scarafaggio, blatta ==== References ==== AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 472: “lo scarafaggio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it