Etymological speculation links the word mafia to anti-French resistance
Evidence
- Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela (Death to France Italy desires); this too would originate from the 1282 incident in no. 16 (found in folk literature and quoted in Novacco). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 697
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Occupation-era French intellectuals cultivated deliberate rudeness toward Germans as patriotic resistance — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 472