Abstract
Almost all the links in the etymological chain of English paparazzo are clear: this word comes from Italian paparazzo, which is a commonization of Paparazzo, which is the name borne by one of the characters in Federico Fellini's film La Dolce Vita. The only remaining question is how Fellini chose the name Paparazzo. So far as the author can determine, Fellini, who died in 1993, never went on record in that regard. Others, however, have offered four explanations. This article presents them but reaches no conclusion about which, if any, is the right one.
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