Jewish Group

FWIW aside from the word "ghetto" in the Venetian dialect, there is also the word "traghetto" (which basically means, between ghettos.) There's a saying in Venetian dialect, "El gondolier no paga el traghetto." (A traghetto is one of those places on the Grand Canal where instead of having a bridge you can cross in a public gondola that costs a few cents.) The phrase basically means that the gondolier doesn't have to pay for the crossing. So i wonder if, in ancient Venetian dialect, the word ghetto was used for a neighborhood, but nowadays, the only neighborhood it refers to is the Jewish one. (If you ever get to Venice, try to tour the three temples in the ghetto -- beautiful, fascinating...)