Italian words first recorded in the 14th century

It is from Italian importare + -anza, from the verb in its sense “to matter, to be of consequence”. Wiktionary instead derives it from Medieval Latin importantia. The verb is a learned borrowing of…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Late Latin mōtīvus (“moving, mobile”), an adjective recorded in the 4th century in Calcidius and formed from mōtus (“movement”), the past participle of moveō (“to…

It continues inherited from Vulgar Latin *hospitāle (“lodging for strangers, inn”), the neuter of Latin hospitālis (“of a guest; hospitable”) used as a noun, from hospes (“guest; host; stranger”)…

It is borrowed from Latin hospes (“host; guest”), from the accusative ⟨hospitem⟩, a learned word beside the inherited oste, which came through Old French. The Latin word had both meanings, the one…

It is the feminine of ragazzo (“boy”). DEI suggests that the masculine first meant a servant, male or female. The origin of the masculine is disputed. DELI follows Giovan Battista Pellegrini and…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin respīrō (“to blow back; to breathe, recover one's breath”). The Latin verb is a compound of the prefix re- (“again”), with iterative or durative value, and…

It is inherited from Late Latin supravīvere, a Late Latin variant of Latin supervīvere (“to outlive”), with the prefix remade on sopra. Tommaseo cites the classical verb from Pliny and Apuleius, and…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin spectāculum (“sight, show; a show in the theatre or circus”). The Latin noun is formed from spectō (“to watch, look at”) with the instrumental suffix…

It is borrowed from Latin statio (“a standing still; post, station; abode”), a noun of action from stō (“to stand”) with the suffix -tiō. The railway sense follows English station, used for railways…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin stupendus (“to be wondered at”), the gerundive of stupeō (“to be stunned, amazed”). DEI cites the Latin adjective from Valerius Maximus, and Devoto calls it…

It is borrowed from Latin successus (“a coming up; course; good outcome”), a noun formed on the past participle of succēdō (“to come up; follow; turn out well”). It is a learned word. The Latin verb…

It is borrowed from Late Latin persōnālis (“personal”), a learned word. In Latin it was a term of the jurists Paulus and Ulpian and, for the grammatical person, of the grammarian Diomedes; it is…

It is a noun formed from the verb lanciare without a suffix. The verb comes from Late Latin lanceāre (“to wield a lance”), from Latin lancea (“lance”).

It is a Romance formation, inherited from Vulgar Latin *modellus, a diminutive of Latin modulus (“measure; small measure, module”). The Latin noun is itself a diminutive of modus (“measure, size…

It is a compound from Italian o + pure, with the consonant doubled after ⟨o⟩. The conjunction o continues Latin aut (“or”), which survives in a popular form in all the Romance languages. Lombard…

It is from Italian buona (“good”) + notte (“night”), the greeting written as a single word. The adjective is the feminine of buono, agreeing with the feminine noun.

It is a compound from Italian buono (“good”) + giorno (“day”): the greeting “buon giorno” written as one word.

It is the past participle of deludere “to disappoint”, used as an adjective. The verb is a learned word, borrowed from Latin dēlūdō (“to mock, make fun of; deceive”), from dē- and lūdō (“to play”)…

It is from Italian lento (“slow”) + -mente, with the adverbial suffix. The adjective is from Latin lentus (“pliant; sticky; slow”), a word without clear relatives inside Latin; Nocentini compares…

It is a learned word of the law and administration, borrowed from Latin mandātum (“charge, commission, order”), the neuter past participle of mandō (“to entrust; to order”) used as a noun. The Latin…

1. The park is probably borrowed from Old French parc, recorded in French in 1175. The French word comes from Medieval Latin parricus (“enclosure”), first attested in the 8th-century Lex Ripuaria…

It is from Italian passare + -ata, or, as Devoto and Treccani describe it, the feminine past participle of the verb used as a noun. The verb comes from Vulgar Latin *passāre, from Latin passus…

It is formed from the verb rapportare, as a noun without a suffix. That verb, recorded before 1294 in Guittone d'Arezzo, is apportare with the intensive prefix r-, and its source Latin apportō (“to…

1. The adjective “real” is borrowed from Medieval Latin reālis (“relating to the thing”), a term of scholastic teaching formed from Latin rēs (“thing”). Wiktionary calls the Latin word Late Latin…

It is formed from Italian re- + azione, as the noun of reagire. GRADIT compares the Latin supine reactum, and Wiktionary gives the source as Latin reāctiō, from reagō. DEI compares French réaction…

It is from Italian ri- + entrare (“to enter”). DELI reads the prefix ri- as either the repetitive one or the one that means “back”. The verb entrare continues Latin intrō (“to go inside”), from…

It is from Italian riuscire + -ita, the feminine of the past participle used as a noun. Zingarelli and Gabrielli take it from the adjective riuscito. The verb riuscire is uscire with the prefix ri-…

It is a deverbal noun from seguitare (“to continue, follow”), formed with no suffix. Devoto and Oli derive it from seguire instead. That verb is itself of unclear formation: DELI and Nocentini take…

It is borrowed from Latin solūtiō (“a loosening; payment”), a learned word. The Latin noun was formed from solūtus, the past participle of solvō (“to loosen, release; to pay”). De Vaan explains the…

It is the past participle of sposare (“to marry”), used as an adjective and as a noun. The verb is recorded before 1250 in Cielo d'Alcamo and comes from Late Latin spōnsāre (“to betroth, promise in…

It is the phrase ⟨(que)sta mattina⟩ written as one word: from Italian 'sta (“this”) + mattina (“morning”), with ⟨sta⟩, a shortened form of questa. GRADIT explains it as stamane with mattina put in…

It is a compound of ⟨sta⟩ “this” and sera (“evening”), from the phrase ⟨questa sera⟩. Most dictionaries take ⟨sta⟩ for a shortened form of the feminine of questo, with loss of the first syllable…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin superō (“to be above; to overcome”), from superus (“upper, higher”), itself from super (“above”). Wiktionary allows it to be an Italian formation from…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin superior (“higher”), the comparative of superus (“that is above, upper”), from super (“above”), with the comparative suffix -ior. Devoto describes…

Its origin is uncertain, as DELI, GRADIT and Devoto–Oli say. The word is found as Medieval Latin valisia and valixia. Wiktionary and Nocentini see Italian “valigia” as a borrowing from the northern…

It is the form vi takes before the unstressed pronouns ⟨lo⟩, ⟨la⟩, ⟨li⟩, ⟨le⟩ and the particle ⟨ne⟩, both as the pronoun “you, to you” and as the adverb “there”. Nocentini explains the ⟨e⟩ as…

It is inherited from Latin Veneris diēs (“day of Venus”), a phrase recorded in inscriptions of the 1st century AD, “the day of the planet Venus”, after the model of Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Ἀφροδίτης…

It is borrowed from Old French village, from Latin vīllāticus (“of a farmstead”), an adjective formed on vīlla (“country house, farm”). Devoto's Avviamento compares the pattern of silvāticus from…

It is inherited from Late Latin thia (“aunt”), borrowed from Ancient Greek θεία (theía, “aunt”), the feminine of θεῖος (theîos, “uncle”). It is the feminine of zio. The classical word for a father's…

It is a learned borrowing, borrowed from Latin praeparō (“to make ready beforehand”), from prae- (“before”) and parō (“to make ready, provide”). Körting notes that the verb is learned in every…

It is a compound from Italian solo + tanto, literally “only so much”. The second part has the sense “only” that Latin tantum already had in Latin, where the neuter of tantus (“so great”) meant both…

It is an imitative word. Nocentini explains it as a Romance onomatopoeia built on the consonant /ts/ and the front vowel /i/, used first to stand for the faintest sound one can make, in phrases such…

It is borrowed from Late Latin incubus, a learned word. The Late Latin word, found in Saint Augustine (before 430), means “the one who lies on top”: the evil spirit believed to settle on the chest…

It is a compound from Italian qualche + uno. The first part is qualche, formed from quale and che: DELI derives it from ⟨quale che (sia)⟩, and Nocentini explains that phrases such as ⟨qual che sia…

1. The adjective is borrowed from Latin salūtāris (“healthful; saving”), a learned word, from salūs (“health; safety”), the source of salute. The Latin noun is related to salvus (“safe, sound”). In…

It is from Italian maglia (“mesh; knitted fabric”) + -etta, a diminutive. The base word came from Old Occitan malha or Old French maille, from Latin macula (“spot; mesh of a net”), which in its…

It is borrowed from Latin discussio (“a shaking; later an examination”), a noun formed from discutiō (“to shake apart, shatter”), the verb that gave discutere. That verb is made of dis- (“apart”)…

It is from Italian esatto + -mente: the adjective “exact” with the adverb suffix. The adjective is a learned word from Latin exāctus (“exact, precise”), the past participle of exigō (“to drive out…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin solitus (“accustomed, usual”), the past participle of soleō (“to be accustomed”), whose Italian continuation is solere. Wiktionary treats it as inherited…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin indāgō (“a ring of hunters or nets; a search”). The Latin noun first meant a hunt in which the game was surrounded and driven into nets, and then a search…

It is borrowed from French bouteille, from Late Latin butticula (“small cask”), a diminutive of buttis (“cask”), the source of botte. Nocentini reconstructs Vulgar Latin *bŭttīcŭla with a long /iː/…

It is borrowed from Latin collātiō (“a bringing together”), the noun of collātus, the past participle of cōnferō (“to bring together”), a compound of cum (“with”) and ferō (“to carry”). The Latin…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin hērōs (“hero, demigod”), taken from its accusative form. The Latin word is from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero, deified hero”), whose origin is uncertain…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Late Latin polītīa (“political organization, constitution, government”), recorded in the 4th century in Ambrose. The Latin word is from Ancient Greek πολιτεία…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin zephirum, the Latin form Leonardo Fibonacci gave to Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty; zero”). The Arabic word was an adjective meaning “empty”, used for the absence of…

It is from Italian bambo + -ino, the diminutive of the old word Old Italian bambo (“child; simpleton”). The word ⟨bambo⟩ is of imitative origin, from the first sounds of a child's speech: the LEI…

It is from Italian chi (“who”) + sa (“knows”), the question “chi sa?” “who knows?” turned into an adverb. The single word is written with a double ⟨ss⟩ for the doubling of the consonant after “chi”…

1. The verb is borrowed from Latin mīlitō (“to serve as a soldier”), a learned word, from mīles (“soldier”). DEI compares French militer (13th century), and notes that the phrase “milita in suo…

Its origin is uncertain. The prevailing view, held by Corominas and Castellani and followed by Nocentini, Battisti and Alessio and Devoto–Oli, is that it is borrowed from Byzantine Greek *pēdṓtēs…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“confidential officer”), a learned word. The Medieval Latin noun, recorded in Salimbene (1281–1288), is a derivative of Latin sēcrētum (“a secret”)…