Bocca
/ˈbɔk.ka/noun
An Italian noun meaning “mouth.”
Did you know?Italian *bocca* comes from Late Latin *bucca*, a word for the mouth or cheek, and it survives in Romance languages as a reminder that speech was once imagined as something physically “released” from the body.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰeu̯-
“to swell, puff up”
Late Latin
Latin
bucca
“cheek; mouth”
Old Italian
Ital.
bocca
“mouth”
Modern Italian
Italian
bocca
“mouth”
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