It is Italian for "little flanking."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianchetto
fiancettoing the bishop
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there are many Italian and spanish words in chess: guicio piano, ruy lopez, etc. I even heard that checkmate originates from the German word for a king.
I have been wondering where the word fiancetto comes from - what language, and what does it mean?