Etymology of Italian [celia] ("joke")

[henh...@gmail.com]

Etymology of Italian [celia] ("joke")

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/celia
Does the word come from Saint Cecilia ?

i can't find it (the etym.) while searching in English.





i can read some French, German, Spanish... -- would this help ?

[Christian Weisgerber]

On 2022-10-22, henh...@gmail.com <henh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Etymology of Italian [celia] ("joke")

Unknown.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de

[Dingbat]

On Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 2:12:36 PM UTC-7, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
> Etymology of Italian [celia] ("joke")
>
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/celia
> Does the word come from Saint Cecilia ?
>
> i can't find it (the etym.) while searching in English.
>
>

<https://www.google.com/search?q=celia+etymology>
1) Heavenly, from Latin Caelum
2) Warm, from Greek kaelas
3) short for Cecilia, a legendary Christian martyr,
the female counterpart of Cecil

[Daud Deden]

Light-hearted humor, levity, enlightening wit wrt ceiling, ciele, sky?

[Christian Weisgerber]

On 2022-10-23, Dingbat <ranjit_...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> Etymology of Italian [celia] ("joke")
>

><https://www.google.com/search?q=celia+etymology>
> 1) Heavenly, from Latin Caelum
> 2) Warm, from Greek kaelas
> 3) short for Cecilia, a legendary Christian martyr,
> the female counterpart of Cecil

Those etymologies are suggested for the name Celia, _not_ for the
Italian word with the meaning 'joke'.

[henh...@gmail.com]

thanks! for the clarification... on the Net we now have so many pages explaining the Meanings of names.



in this song... Apparently the 2 names are the same:
https://www.paulsimon.com/track/cecilia/

Celia, you’re breaking my heart
You’re shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I’m down on my knees ...................