700–601 BC

Italian words from Latin words first recorded in the 7th century BC

2 Italian words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 7th century BC, earliest Latin record first.

1. in

   699 BC–200 BC

   from Latin in

   It is inherited from Latin in (“in, into, on”). The Latin preposition replaced an older en, found in early inscriptions such as the Duenos inscription: /e/ became /i/ regularly in unstressed…

2. nessuno

   699 BC–200 BC

   from Latin ne

   It continues a spoken Latin phrase, inherited from Latin nē (“not”) ipse (“self”) ūnus (“one”), “not even one”. Nocentini and GRADIT give it in the accusative, ⟨ne ipsum unum⟩. The same phrase gave…

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