Italian words first recorded in the 13th century

It is inherited from Medieval Latin troia (“sow”), first recorded in the 8th-century Kassel Glosses, where it translates the Germanic word for “sow”. The word is found in Italian and Gallo-Romance…

It is inherited from Late Latin ēbriācus (“intoxicated”), a derivative of Latin ēbrius (“drunk”), the source of ebbro. The Latin word is first found in the mime writer Laberius in the 1st century…

It is inherited from Late Latin aucellus (“little bird”), a word of the glossaries, formed as a masculine beside the older aucella, which Varro already has; the feminine is a contraction of…

It is borrowed from Latin mĭnĭmus (“smallest, least”), a learned word. DELI points out that the learned form won out over the popular menomo, the inherited outcome of the same Latin word, which…

1. The noun meaning “motion” is a learned word, borrowed from Latin mōtus (“movement”), a noun formed from the past participle of moveō (“to move”). Besides “movement”, the Latin noun already meant…

It is inherited from Latin ultrā (“beyond, further”). The same word gave French outre, Occitan oltra and Catalan oltra, and Dalmatian ultra. Latin ultrā is the ablative feminine of an adjective…

It is borrowed from Latin possibilis, a learned word, from possum (“to be able”) with the suffix -bilis. Nocentini and DEI say that Quintilian coined the adjective in the 1st century AD, together…

It is borrowed from Latin prōpositum (“plan, intention; theme”), the neuter of prōpositus used as a noun, the past participle of prōpōnō (“to put forward, propose”), so literally “what is put…

It is inherited from Latin tantus (“so great”), and as an adverb its neuter tantum (“so much; only”). The Latin adjective was in use at every period, with the original sense “so great”, in…

It is borrowed from Latin tractatus (“handling; treatment; discussion”), a learned word. The Latin noun is an action noun in -tus from tractō (“to handle, treat”), the same verb that gave trattare…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin ūtilis (“usable, useful”), from the accusative ⟨ūtilem⟩. The Latin adjective is formed from ūtor (“to use”). Devoto compares the formation of agilis from…

It is inherited from Latin ibī (“there”), which also gave ivi. The pronoun “you, to you” is the same word: Rohlfs, quoted by DELI, explains that ⟨vi scrivo⟩ originally meant “I write there”, to the…

It is inherited from Latin volō (“to fly”), which Latin also used for moving swiftly, as when Cicero writes that letters “flew” to Pompey at Capua. The verb survives in all of the Romance languages…

It is an old phrase meaning “to sufficiency”, written as one word, formed from Italian a + bastanza, with ⟨bastanza⟩, an old noun for “sufficiency” now out of use, made from bastare (“to be…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin agēns (“doing, acting”), the present participle of agō (“to do, drive, act”) (compare agenda and agire). The LEI and DEI say that the word came into Italian…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *alicūnus, a compound formed in speech from Latin aliquis (“someone”) and ūnus (“one”). Strengthening ⟨aliquis⟩ with ⟨unus⟩ was already a way of speaking in Cicero…

1. The adverb is inherited from Vulgar Latin *hancōra, from the phrase Latin hanc (“this”) hōram (“hour”), “at this hour”, according to DELI, GRADIT, Devoto–Oli and Sabatini–Coletti. Wiktionary…

It is from Italian andare + si + ne: the verb of going with the reflexive pronoun, which takes the form ⟨se⟩ before another clitic, and the pronoun meaning “from there”. The pronoun “ne” continues…

The origin is disputed. DELI, with GRADIT and Sabatini–Coletti, derives it from Italian a- + taccare (“to mark (cloth)”), an old verb for putting the tacca, the merchant's mark, on cloth, recorded…

It is a derivative of calma (“calm”), with the verb ending -are. The noun is traced by DELI and Nocentini to Late Latin cauma (“heat”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “burning heat”), from καίω…

It is formed from the verb chiamare with the suffix -ata, or is the feminine past participle used as a noun. The verb, recorded in 1219, is inherited from Latin clāmō (“to shout, call out”), from…

It is a compound from Italian chi (“who”) + -unque (“-ever”). DELI and most dictionaries trace it to Latin quī (“who”) and umquam (“ever, at any time”). Nocentini sees a Romance formation in which…

It is inherited from Late Latin colpus (“blow”), the form found in the Salic Law (6th century), a contraction of Latin colaphus (“punch, slap”), which is borrowed from Ancient Greek κόλαφος…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *cocināre, a variant of Late Latin coquināre (“to cook”), which is derived from coquīna (“kitchen”). DEI explains the Late Latin form with ⟨c⟩ as remodelled on…

It is borrowed from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delightful”), a learned word. The Latin adjective is formed from dēliciae (“delights, luxury”) with the suffix -ōsus. Zingarelli and Gabrielli derive it…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin fēlīx (“fruitful; fortunate, happy”), from the accusative ⟨felicem⟩. The Latin adjective first meant “fruitful, productive”: Festus records that Cato called…

It is a univerbation of the phrase fin che, from Italian fino + che; Zingarelli, Sabatini–Coletti and Gabrielli take it as a shortening of fino a che. Fino “as far as, until” continues fīne (“at the…

It is inherited from Latin fingere (“to shape, to fashion; to imagine; to feign”). GDLI calls it a learned word, while Nocentini and DEI group it with the popular outcomes in other Romance…

It is inherited from Latin iūdex (“judge”), from the accusative iūdicem. GDLI calls it a semi-learned word. The word is pan-Romance: French juge (the source of the English judge), Occitan jutge…

It is a Germanic loanword, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion, quarrel”), recorded as Medieval Latin werra from 858 and as guerra. DELI and Nocentini give the source as Proto-West Germanic…

It is borrowed from Latin imāginor (“to picture to oneself, imagine”), a learned word, from imāgō (“image, likeness”). Sabatini, Treccani, Gabrielli and Devoto name an active form Late Latin…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin impossibilis (“impossible”), made of in- (“not”) and possibilis (“possible”). The Latin adjective was introduced in imperial times, and is found in…

It is inherited from Latin integer (“untouched, whole, intact”), from the accusative, through a spoken form Vulgar Latin *intĕgrum stressed on the second syllable, in place of the classical stress…

It is inherited from Latin largus (“abundant; generous”). In Latin the word meant “abundant” and then “generous”, a sense kept mainly in derivatives such as largire; Latin said “wide” with lātus…

It is inherited from Latin illīc (“there, in that place”), an old locative of the demonstrative ille (“that”), strengthened with the deictic particle -ce. The Latin adverb is illī with that particle…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin lītigāre (“to quarrel; to go to law”), a legal term formed from līs (“lawsuit; dispute”). The Latin verb is formed like iurgō (“to quarrel”) from iūs…

It is inherited from Late Latin masclus, the contracted form of Latin masculus (“male”). DELI and Nocentini give the source as masculus, an adjective that later became a noun. It is a diminutive of…

It is inherited from Latin mē (“me”), the accusative and ablative of Latin ego (“I”). The word is panromance: French moi, Romansh mai, Occitan me, Catalan me, Sardinian me and Romanian mine continue…

It is borrowed from Latin medicīna (“the art of healing; a remedy”), a learned word. The Latin noun is short for a phrase with ars (“art”), “the doctor's art”, and is the feminine of the adjective…

It is borrowed from Latin mentior (“to lie; to invent”), used in Late Latin in the active form mentīre. DELI and DEI call it a learned word, and DEI notes that spoken Italian and the dialects prefer…

It is borrowed from Latin meritō (“to earn; to serve for pay”), a learned word according to DEI and the GDLI. The Latin verb is an intensive formed on meritus, the past participle of mereō (“to…

DELI derives it from the noun minaccia (“threat”), but adds that the formation may be very old: it may be inherited from Vulgar Latin *mināciāre. That verb is documented as manatiare in the…

It is borrowed from Latin modus (“measure; rule; manner”), a learned word. DEI places it in an Italian tradition that is half learned, and Prati thinks the form came by the literary route, while the…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *montānea (“mountainous places”), from mōns (“mountain”). Nocentini explains it as a neuter plural taken as a feminine singular, and GRADIT and DEI as the feminine…

It is inherited from Latin mūrus (“wall, city wall”). The word is panromance: French mur, Occitan mur, Catalan mur, Spanish muro, Portuguese muro, Sardinian muru, Dalmatian mor and Aromanian mur…

It is borrowed from Latin nātūrālis (“natural; by birth”), from nātūra (“birth; nature, character”), which is formed from nātus (“born”). It is a learned word that came in through the written…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin natio (“birth; people, nation”), from nātus (“born”), the participle of nascor (“to be born”). The Latin noun is formed with the suffix of verbal abstracts…

It is inherited from Latin nūdus (“naked; bare”). The same word is French nu, Occitan nut, Catalan nu, Spanish nudo and Portuguese nu, as well as Romansh nüd, Friulian nut and Dalmatian noid. GDLI…

It is borrowed from Latin numerus (“number; rank; measure, rhythm”), a learned word. The inherited Italian form of the Latin noun is novero. The Latin word was inherited as Romanian număr, French…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin occupō (“to seize, take possession of”). The Latin verb is formed from the intensive prefix ob- and the root of capiō (“to take”). Devoto explains the ⟨-u-⟩…

It is inherited from Latin ōh, also written ō, an onomatopoeic exclamation of surprise and strong feeling. Nocentini and Sabatini–Coletti treat it as a word inherited from Latin, common to the other…

It is a compound from Italian ora + mai, “now” and “ever”, as the Crusca dictionary already explained. Ora is the ablative of Latin hōra (“hour”), from phrases such as hāc hōrā (“at this hour”), and…

It is borrowed from Latin optimus (“best”), which served in Latin as the superlative of bonus (“good”); DEI and Zingarelli call it a learned word. Nocentini compares Spanish óptimo. DELI, Nocentini…

It is a deverbal noun of pagare (“to pay”), formed without a suffix. GRADIT compares Medieval Latin paga, recorded in 1187. The verb continues Latin pācō (“to pacify, to make quiet”), a derivative…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin perīculōsus (“dangerous”), from perīculum (“trial, attempt; risk, danger”) and the suffix -ōsus. Wiktionary considers it probably a semi-learned borrowing…

It is inherited from Latin plēnus (“full”). The word is pan-Romance: French plein, Occitan ple, Catalan ple, Spanish lleno, Portuguese cheio, Sardinian prenu and Romanian plin, and Dalmatian plain…

It is a univerbation from Italian più + tosto, literally “sooner, more quickly”, the two adverbs written as one word. The second part, “quickly, at once”, continues Latin tostus (“toasted, dried”)…

It is from Italian principe (“prince”) + -essa, the feminine of the noun. Körting reconstructed Latin *principissa behind it and its Romance cognates French princesse and Spanish princesa…

It is borrowed from Latin processus (“advance, progress, course”), a noun formed from the past participle of prōcēdō (“to go forward, advance”). In Medieval Latin the word took the legal sense…

It is borrowed from Latin pūblicus (“of the people or the state”), a learned word. The popular Old Tuscan form Old Italian piuvico, recorded in the 13th century, is the inherited doublet. The ⟨bb⟩…