fassulito

Istriot

Etymology

Diminutive derived from Vulgar Latin *faciolum, from Latin facies (“face”). Compare Italian fazzoletto, Venetan fasołeto, Friulian façolet, Romansch fazielet, fazalet, Sicilian fazzulettu.

Noun

fassulito

1. handkerchief
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Ch’in tu’l su’ fassulito el me metasse.

     That into his handkerchief he would put me.