Italian words first recorded in the 14th century

It is from Italian s- + fuggire. The sources read the prefix differently: DELI and Nocentini as marking removal, Sabatini–Coletti as intensive, and the GDLI as Latin ex- with either value. DEI…

It is from Frankish *trappa (“trap”) with a diminutive suffix, like trappula, recorded in 1196. The simple form is attested as Late Latin trappa in the Salic Law, in the clause “Siquis turturem de…

It is borrowed from Latin vomitō (“to vomit”), an intensive of vomō (“to vomit”). Nocentini and Zingarelli treat it as a learned word, against the popular French vomir. The Latin verb also lived on…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin artista (“master of an art”), a learned word built on Latin ars (“skill; craft; art”) with the agent suffix -ista. The Medieval Latin word is recorded in Italy in…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin adsūmere (“to take to oneself”), from sūmō (“to take”) with the prefix ad- (“to, towards”). The same learned word is French assumer, borrowed in the 15th…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin classis (“division of the Roman people; levy; fleet”). In several modern senses it was influenced by French classe. The popular outcome of the same Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin collēga (“colleague in office”), a learned word. The same Latin word was borrowed as French collègue (from about 1500), Spanish colega (1545), Portuguese colega (1650) and…

It is borrowed from Latin dīrēctus (“straight; directed”), a learned word, the past participle of dīrigō (“to align, direct”). Latin also had dērēctus, and the LEI notes that the senses “straight”…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin exāctus (“exact, precise”), properly the past participle of exigō (“to drive out; to weigh, measure exactly; to complete”). The Latin verb is formed with…

It is a learned borrowed from Latin ēventus (“occurrence, outcome”), derived from ēveniō (“to come out, happen”), a compound of ex (“out of”) and veniō (“to come”). DELI and Zingarelli give the…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin ingressus (“entry, entrance”), a noun formed on the past participle of ingredior (“to go in”), from gradior (“to step, walk”) with the prefix in- (“in”)…

1. The goal or destination is borrowed from Latin mēta (“cone-shaped object; turning post in the circus”), a learned word. In Rome the word named the conical posts at the ends of the circus around…

1. The metre of verse is a learned word, borrowed from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”), of Indo-European origin. Nocentini derives the Greek word from the root…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin negōtium (“business, occupation”), which Wiktionary calls possibly semi-learned. The Latin noun is formed from nec (“not”) and ōtium (“leisure”), literally…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin nōtitia (“fame; knowledge, acquaintance”), derived from nōtus (“known”), the past participle of nōscō (“to get to know”). The same Latin word gave French…

It is the present participle of precedere, formed from Italian precedere + -ente, after Latin praecēdēns. The verb is a learned word, from Latin praecēdō (“to go before”), from prae- and cēdō (“to…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin praeoccupō (“to occupy beforehand, seize first”), from occupō (“to seize”) with prae- (“before”). Its modern sense “to worry” comes from French préoccuper…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin sincērus (“clean, pure, unmixed; sound, honest”). French sincère (1549) and Spanish sincero are learned words too, while popular outcomes survive in…

1. The place is borrowed from Latin situs (“position, site”), a learned borrowing. The Latin noun comes from the past participle of sinō (“to put down; to leave, let”). Nocentini sees an older…

It is derived from the verb sorridere, on the model of riso “laughter” beside ridere. Wiktionary connects it directly with Latin subrīsus (“a smiling”), the noun from the past participle of subrīdeō…

It is a noun formed from the verb stampare (“to press, print”) without a suffix, as is stampo (“mould”). Devoto points out that the noun is older than printing, so that it first meant an impressed…

It is the past participle of unire (“to unite, join”), used as an adjective. The verb, recorded before 1306 in Iacopone, comes from Latin ūnīre (“to unite”), from ūnus (“one”), and with its…

It is borrowed from Latin trādūcere (“to lead across, transfer”), a learned word adapted to the pattern of condurre. The Latin verb is trāns- (“across”) with dūcō (“to lead”), which goes back to…

It is from Italian ascoltare (“to listen”), a noun made from the stem of the verb without a suffix. The verb is from Vulgar Latin *ascultāre, a form recorded from the 2nd century AD for classical…

It is from Italian assicurare (“to make sure; to insure”) + -zione. The verb continues Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, formed with the prefix ad- from Latin sēcūrus (“safe, secure”). The LEI calls the…

It is from Italian situare + -zione, from situare “to place, locate”. The verb is from Medieval Latin situāre, from Latin situs (“position, site”), the past participle of sinō (“to put down; to…

It is borrowed from Latin professor (“public teacher”), the agent noun of profiteor (“to declare openly”), through its past participle professus. Besides “to declare”, the Latin verb also meant to…

It continues inherited from Vulgar Latin *traxīnāre, formed from trāxī, the perfect of Latin trahō (“to pull, drag”). Others start from a Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from a form *tragere parallel to…

It is borrowed from Middle French agir (1450), from Latin agō (“to drive; to do”). Devoto–Oli names Middle French as the route and Devoto the French of the 16th century, the date DEI gives for the…

It is a learned borrowed from Latin ārea (“open space; threshing floor”). The same Latin word, passed down by popular tradition, is aia (“threshing floor”), of which this word is the learned…

It is a learned borrowing, borrowed from Latin commūnitās (“sharing, community”), formed from commūnis (“common”) with the suffix -tās. Old forms ending in -tade and -tae show a half-learned…

1. The spirit and the talent are a learned word, borrowed from Latin genius (“guardian deity; inclination”). In Latin the word named the personal deity who accompanies each person from birth, and so…

It is borrowed from Latin īnsistere (“to stand on; to persist”), a learned word. The Latin verb is formed from sistō (“to set up; to stand still”) with the prefix in- (“on”), and so meant literally…

It is a compound from Italian buona (“good”) + sera (“evening”), the feminine of buono with sera, first a greeting phrase and later written as a single word. It is formed like buongiorno and…

It is inherited from Latin luctor (“to wrestle, to struggle”), a verb first of athletics. The word is pan-Romance: French lutter, Occitan luchar, Catalan lluitar, Spanish luchar, Portuguese luitar…

It is borrowed from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, funny”), a learned word. The Latin adjective is formed from rīdeō (“to laugh; to mock”), the source of the inherited ridere, with the suffix -culus…

It is borrowed from Latin momentum (“movement, impulse; moment; weight, importance”), a learned word. The Latin noun is contracted from *movimentum, from moveō (“to move”) and the suffix -mentum…

It is the past participle of produrre (“to produce”), used as a noun. The participle reflects Latin prōductus, the participle of prōdūcō (“to lead forth”). The Latin verb is a compound of prō-…

It is formed from Italian restare (“to remain”) + -o, a deverbal noun. The verb is a learned word, from Latin restō (“to stay behind; to be left over”), formed with re- (“back; again”) and stō (“to…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin discus (“quoit; dish”), from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “quoit”). The popular outcome of the same Latin word is desco, once a table or board. Inherited…

It is borrowed from Latin incidēns (“falling upon, happening”), the present participle of incidō (“to fall upon, befall”), a learned word handed down by the Scholastics. The Latin verb is formed…

It is borrowed from Late Latin indiānus (“of India”), a learned word formed on Latin India. The Late Latin adjective took the place of older Indus according to DELI, of Indicus according to…

It is borrowed from Late Latin positīvus (“laid down, established”), a learned word formed on positus (“placed”), the past participle of pōnō (“to put, place”). The Latin grammarians used it for the…

It is from Italian s- + birro, the older word with an intensifying prefix. The GDLI explains the prefix as continuing Latin ex- with a pejorative force. The origin of the base word is disputed. The…

It is the past participle of sconoscere (“to fail to recognize”), formed from conoscere (“to know”) with the prefix s-. The verb continues Latin cognōscō (“to get to know”), whose outcomes cover…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin prōtegō (“to cover in front; to protect”), from prō- (“in front”) and tegō (“to cover”). The Latin verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Late Latin fūnerālis (“funeral, funereal”), an adjective formed from the stem of Latin fūnus (“funeral rites”). The noun use already existed in Late Latin: DEI…

It is probably from Medieval Latin castula (“chest, basket”) with its first consonants reversed (metathesis of ⟨cast-⟩ into ⟨scat-⟩). DELI gives this explanation with a “perhaps”, and Treccani calls…

It is a noun formed in Italian from the verb scherzare (“to joke, play”). DELI, Nocentini and the TLIO take the verb from Lombardic *skerzōn (“to frolic, jump about”), and compare Middle High German…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin resolvere (“to loosen, dissolve; to unravel, explain”), made of re- and solvō (“to loosen, release”). Wiktionary allows that it may be a semi-learned…

It is the past participle of scorrere (“to run, to flow; to pass”), used as an adjective and a noun. According to the LEI and Wiktionary, it is inherited from Latin excursus (“run out; a sally”)…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin trāductiō (“transfer”), from trādūcō (“to lead across, to transfer”). The Latin verb is dūcō (“to lead”) with the prefix trāns (“across”). The sense…

It is borrowed from Latin dēcīsiō (“a settlement, decision”), from dēcīdō (“to cut off; to settle”), a compound of dē- and caedō (“to cut”). The Latin noun is in Cicero. It is a learned word, as are…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin praesidēns (“presiding; governor”), the present participle of praesideō (“to sit in front; to protect, govern”). The verb is formed from prae- (“before”)…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin problēma (“problem, question”), from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “something put forward; obstacle”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw before, put…

It is borrowed from Latin respectō (“to look back; to have regard for”), a learned word. The Latin verb is the intensive of respiciō (“to look back”), from re- (“back”) and speciō (“to look”), or is…

It is borrowed from Latin trānsferō (“to carry across, transfer”), a learned borrowing moved into the verbs in “-ire”. The Latin verb is a compound of trāns- (“across, beyond”) and ferō (“to…

It is a deverbal noun from assegnare (“to assign, allot”). The verb is a learned word, Latin assignāre (“to allot, assign”), a compound of ad- and signō (“to mark, seal”), from signum (“mark…

It is inherited from Late Latin cauma (“great heat”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “burning heat, heat of the sun”), a derivative of καίω (kaíō, “to burn”). The Late Latin word is used by…

It is the present participle from Italian comandare (“to command”), used as an adjective and a noun. The verb comes from Vulgar Latin *commandāre “to entrust, to commend”, a form of Latin commendō…