I saw a movie in which the setting was in an Italinan Neighborhood in NYC. It was some time ago so I can’t recall the title. However, there were 3 senior ladies sitting outside an apartment building in lawn chairs watching the passersby and gossiping. A 4th lady came out of the building and stopped to speak to them, she had some type of smal bag ?felt or leather tied around her neck. One of the other ladies asked here what was it? She replied “it’s my Mojo” Is it possible that there is an Italian word origin also? Or perhaps it was just a word the screenwriter wanted to use.
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[li]Google Translate can tell you whether or not ‘mojo’ is an Italian word. It doesn’t seem to be, at least one Google knows.[/li][li]When posting in CCC, it’s helpful to post a link to the Column by Cecil that you’re Commenting on. Most posters who come by and tell you this will find the column and link it for you, but I can’t be arsed.[/li][li]I would suggest you get out of the habit of posting your email address anywhere. If it’s in your profile, other members can email you if they so choose by using that feature. Either way, you’re likely to end up with spam or worse.[/ol][/li]
Good luck, sir.
Flojo, a link to the online column is appreciated. The column in question is
What is a mojo?
Any word with **J, K, W, X or Y included in it is unlikely to be of Italian origin. Italian mostly conforms to the Roman alphabet.
The only use of J in modern Italian is to make words ending in “ii” look prettier by changing it to “ij”, and even that has been obsolete for nearly a century. It is, of course, used as necessary to spell foreign words.