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Is there an Italian word resembling Romanian "comoară" (treasure) - like "commare" in the film "I Soliti Ignoti"?

This is about the treasure that the heroes are supposed to steal, hidden in a wall. tra una camera da pranzo e un locale del Monte di Pietà. E in questo locale che c'era? La "commare". Chi? ...
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When and how did the letters E and I "swap", compared to other Romance languages?

I'm trying to understand how some words / word stems / prefixes and suffixes have a "swapped" E and I compared to other Romance languages, or (Vulgar) Latin. First, but not the only, is the ...
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Perché si dice "calcio"?

In tutte le altre principali lingue neolatine [1], il nome del gioco del calcio è la traslitterazione locale di football: Francese: football Spagnolo: fútbol Portoghese: futebol Catalano: futbol ...
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