Italian Mafia and Its Existence Value Today

Many people know that the word 'mafia' comes from the word 'mafioso' in Italian. But not many people can understand what the definition of the word origin of the Mafia, the mafioso. Appeared in 1863, was recorded in a famous play in Italy at the time, ie 'I mafiusi in la Vicaria' made ​​by Giuseppe Rizzoto, which tells how the whole gang life in the city of Palermo, Italy. Year 1886, the word 'mafia' appears in the Oxford Dictionary of Ancient.