Italian words first recorded in the 13th century

It is formed from Italian giorno + -ata. Several sources, however, see French behind it: the GDLI derives it from the Italian noun through French journée, and Wiktionary treats it as a borrowing of…

It is borrowed from Latin membrum (“limb, part of the body”). DELI, GDLI and Zingarelli call it a learned word; Nocentini lists it as a Latin word of Indo-European origin. The Latin word lives on in…

1. The conjunction is inherited from Latin aut (“or”). The Latin word lives on in every Romance language in its popular form: French ou, Occitan o, Catalan o, Spanish o, Portuguese ou, Sardinian o…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin habitus (“bearing, condition, dress”), a noun formed on habeō (“to have, hold”) in its sense “to be in a state, to behave”. In Medieval Latin the noun was…

It is the phrase a Dio “to God” fused into one, short for a farewell such as “I commend you to God”. Wiktionary compares Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). The preposition continues Latin ad (“to…

It is inherited from Latin (h)allēc (“fish sauce”), through the accusative ⟨allēcem⟩. The Latin word named a fermented sauce made from small fish; the shift from the sauce to the fish is explained…

It is inherited from Late Latin abante (“in front, before”), formed from ab (“from”) and ante (“before”). The Late Latin word is recorded from the 2nd century, in the Old Latin Bible, and was used…

It is inherited from Late Latin battālia (“fighting exercises”), a variant of battuālia, the neuter plural of an adjective battuālis, from battuō (“to beat”). The grammarian Charisius records the…

It is a noun formed from the verb cacciare without a suffix (from Italian cacciare + -a). The verb continues Vulgar Latin *captiāre (“to try to catch”), an intensive of Latin capiō (“to take”) that…

It is inherited from Late Latin circāre (“to go around”), from Latin circā (“around”). Nocentini derives it from circum (“round about”), the old accusative of circus (“circle”). The verb is…

It is inherited from Latin quī (“who, which”), the nominative singular of the Latin relative pronoun, according to DELI, GRADIT and Devoto–Oli. Nocentini and Treccani derive it from both the…

It is formed from Italian colpa + -evole. DEI and Wiktionary explain it instead as Late Latin culpābilis (“blameworthy”) with its suffix replaced by Italian ⟨-evole⟩, and Devoto–Oli, Zingarelli…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin comportō (“to carry together, collect”), from com- (“with, together”) and portō (“to carry”). De Vaan takes the Latin simple verb as probably formed from a…

It is inherited from Latin currentem (“running”), the present participle of currō (“to run”), and it still serves as the present participle of correre. The feminine noun is the adjective used as a…

It was formed in northern Italy from Italian correre + -toio, literally “place where one runs”, with the northern voicing of /t/ to /d/. Devoto–Oli, Nocentini and Sabatini–Coletti start instead from…

1. The noun “course” is inherited from Latin cursus (“a running; course, direction”), the action noun of currō (“to run”). The word is found throughout Romance: French cours, Occitan cos, Catalan…

It is borrowed from Latin Christus, the Church Latin name, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “the Anointed”), the noun use of the verbal adjective χριστός (khristós, “anointed”), from χρίω…

It is the past participle of dannare, used as an adjective and a noun. The verb continues Latin damnō (“to condemn; to fine”), a derivative of damnum (“loss, harm; fine”), with the popular change of…

It is borrowed from Latin dēbilis (“weak; crippled”). Prati says the word came late and by a literary route, and the LEI places the standard form among the learned ones; only Romagnol débul and a…

It is borrowed from Latin dēcīdō (“to cut off; to settle”), a learned word. The Latin verb is formed from dē- (“away from”) and caedō (“to cut”), with the regular change of “-ae-” to “-ī-” in a…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin dēsīderium (“longing, desire”), from dēsīderō (“to long for, miss”). Wiktionary describes it as the older desidero reshaped after the Latin. The inherited…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin difficilis (“difficult; hard to deal with, surly”), formed from facilis (“easy”) with the negative prefix dis-. The vowel /a/ of the base became /i/ in the…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *displacēre, which replaced classical Latin displiceō (“to displease”): the spoken language rebuilt the verb from dis- and placeō (“to please”), restoring the vowel…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin disturbō (“to throw into disorder, upset”). The Latin verb is formed from turbō (“to disturb, confuse”) with the prefix dis-, which adds the idea of…

It continues inherited from Latin aestās (“summer”), from the accusative aestātem. The older Italian forms ⟨state⟩ and ⟨istate⟩ came down by unbroken popular tradition, while ⟨estate⟩ is a learned…

It is inherited from Latin flamma. The word is pan-Romance: French flamme (borrowed as English flame and German Flamme), Occitan flama, Catalan flama, Spanish llama, Portuguese chama, Sardinian…

1. The preposition is inherited from Latin īnfrā (“below, beneath”), which lost its first syllable. In Late Latin it was confused with intrā (“within”), and so took the sense “between” that it…

It is borrowed from Latin frequentāre (“to crowd; to visit often”), a learned word. The Latin verb is formed from the adjective frequēns (“crowded, frequent”), the source of Italian frequente…

It is inherited from Late Latin zēlōsus (“full of zeal”), a word of the Church built on zēlus (“zeal, ardour; rivalry, jealousy”), which comes from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”)…

It is inherited from Latin gens (“clan, family; people, nation”), from the accusative ⟨gentem⟩, a noun related to gignō (“to beget”). It is panromance: French gent, Occitan gen, Catalan gent, Old…

It is inherited from Late Latin gȳrō (“to turn round in a circle”), derived from gȳrus (“circle, ring, turn”), which is from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle, ring”). DEI notes that the Latin…

It is inherited from Latin gȳrus (“circle, ring”), from the accusative ⟨gyrum⟩, borrowed from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”). Devoto traces the Latin word to the language of horsemanship…

It is inherited from Latin laxāre (“to widen, loosen, release”), from laxus (“loose, wide”). In Latin the verb took the place of linquō (“to leave”), first as a synonym of permittō (“to allow”) and…

It is inherited from Latin lectus (“bed, couch”). The word is common to the Romance languages except Romanian: French lit, Occitan liech, Catalan llit, Spanish lecho and Portuguese leito; in Spain…

It is inherited from Latin illī (“those”), the nominative masculine plural of Latin ille (“that”). The Latin nominative was extended to the accusative in the pronoun. DEI also derives the old dative…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *longitānus (“distant”), formed from the adverb Latin longiter (“far, for a long way”) or longē (“far”), both from longus (“long; far”). Nocentini analyses it as a…

It is inherited from Latin longus (“long; distant”), continuing its accusative longum. The word is found across the Romance languages: French long, Occitan lonc, Catalan llong, Old Spanish luengo…

It is borrowed from Byzantine Greek μακάρι (makári, “would that, if only”), a Byzantine Greek word recorded in Hesychius in the 5th century. The Greek interjection comes from Ancient Greek μακάριος…

It is inherited from Late Latin male habitus (“in a bad state”), a phrase of male (“badly”) and habitus, the past participle of habeō (“to have; to hold oneself”). The phrase is found in an anecdote…

It is from Italian malato + -ia, the abstract noun of the adjective “sick”. Several sources start from Old Italian malatto, the northern form of the adjective, which continues Late Latin male…

It is borrowed from Latin maledictiō (“slander, abuse”), a learned word. The Latin noun is formed from maledīcō (“to speak ill of”) with the suffix -tiō, and so is related to maledire. Its classical…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *manūtenēre (“to keep, support”), from a phrase meaning “to hold with the hand”, from the ablative of Latin manus (“hand”) and teneō (“to hold”). Nocentini glosses…

It is inherited from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea, lake”). The word is panromance: French mer, Occitan mar, Catalan mar, Spanish mar, Portuguese…

It is inherited from Latin (hōra) mātūtīna (“the morning hour”), the feminine of the adjective “of the morning” used as a noun, with hōra (“hour”) understood. The masculine mattino continues…

It is inherited from Latin mātūtīnum (“early morning”), short for mātūtīnum tempus (“morning time”), the neuter of the adjective mātūtīnus (“of the morning”). The adjective is formed from Mātūta…

It is inherited from Latin minus (“less”), the neuter of minor (“smaller”) used as an adverb. The adjective serves as the comparative of parvus (“small”). The same word is French moins, Occitan…

It is inherited from Latin mentem (“mind”), the accusative of the Latin noun. DELI and DEI call it a learned word, while Nocentini counts it among the inherited words: it is pan-Romance, with…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin meritum (“reward; service; merit”), the noun use of the neuter of meritus (“earned, deserved”), the past participle of mereō (“to earn, deserve”). The Latin…

It is inherited from Latin multus (“much, many”), and as an adverb the Latin neuter multum (“much”). The word is panromance: Old French mout, Occitan molt, Catalan molt, Spanish mucho, Portuguese…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or customs”), from mōs (“custom, way of life”). Cicero coined the Latin adjective to render Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós…

It is borrowed from Latin nātūra (“birth; character; the order of things”), a learned word that came in by the literary route. The Latin noun was formed from nātus (“born”), the past participle of…

It is formed from Italian naturale + -mente. Tommaseo compares the classical adverb Latin nātūrāliter. The adjective naturale is a borrowing of nātūrālis, from nātūra (“nature, birth”).

It is inherited from Latin nāvis (“ship”), through the accusative form. The Latin word lives on in most Romance languages: French nef, Occitan nau, Catalan nau, Spanish nave, Portuguese nave…

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…

It is inherited from Latin nōn (“not”), with the final ⟨-n⟩ dropped when the word stands alone; the proclitic form before a verb kept it as non. Several Romance languages split the Latin word in the…

It is inherited from Latin nox (“night”), from the accusative ⟨noctem⟩. The word survives in every Romance language: French nuit, Occitan nuech, Catalan nit, Spanish noche, Portuguese noite…

It is formed in Italian from the noun for “hatred”: from Italian odio + -are. The noun is a learned word, from Latin odium (“hatred”), from ōdī (“I hate”), a perfect with present sense; the…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin obiectum (“what strikes the senses”), a word of scholastic philosophy, and the form that prevailed over its doublet obietto. The Medieval Latin noun is the neuter…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin opīniō (“supposition, belief, opinion”), the action noun of opīnor (“to think, to suppose”). DEI notes that the philosophical term passed into the European…

It is a Gallicism of the early centuries, borrowed from Old French ostage (1080; modern otage). The French word is a derivative of Old French oste (“host, guest”), from Latin hospes (“host; guest”)…