capoccia

Italian

Etymology 1

Either from:

capo (“head”), or
Late Latin caputium, from Latin caput (“head”).[1]

Alternative forms

capoccio (vernacular)

Noun

capoccia m (invariable)

head of the family
Synonym: capofamiglia
overseer of labourers
Synonym: caposquadra
(colloquial) boss

Etymology 2

capo (“head”) +‎ -ccia

Noun

capoccia f (plural capocce)

Regional variant of capo (“head”)
Synonym: testa

References

Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “capoccia”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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