Italian words first recorded in the 15th century

It is the present participle of insegnare (“to teach”), used as an adjective and a noun: from Italian insegnare + -ante. The verb comes from Late Latin īnsignāre (“to imprint signs, mark”), recorded…

It is inherited from Late Latin nonna (“nurse, wet nurse”), a word of children's speech found in late inscriptions, which in Church Latin, from Jerome on, also meant “nun”. The masculine nonnus…

It is from Italian con- + dividere (“to divide”). DEI calls it a learned word. The Italian Wiktionary explains the base as Latin cum (“with”) and dīvidō (“to divide”).

Its origin is disputed. Nocentini, DEI and Wiktionary take it as the past participle of svellere (“to pluck out, uproot”), meaning “detached” and then “slender”, said in particular of a woman's…

It is from Italian occhio + -ata, with the suffix of nouns for a single action or blow. Wiktionary also allows Vulgar Latin *oculāta as the source, from Latin oculus (“eye”). The same formation is…

It is probably a southern variant of pesta (“footprint, track”), a noun formed from the verb pestare (“to pound, trample”). The verb is inherited from Late Latin pistāre (“to pound”), an intensive…

It is probably formed from abbagliare (“to dazzle”) with a change of prefix, s- taking the place of a-. Nocentini adds that the verb was at first reflexive, meaning “to be dazzled, to be mistaken”…

DELI and GRADIT take it as a learned borrowing, borrowed from Latin extraordinārius (“out of the ordinary, extra”), with the Latin prefix rendered by Italian stra-. The Latin adjective comes from…

It is a learned borrowed from Late Latin sēnsātiō, derived from Latin sēnsus (“sense”). Sabatini–Coletti, Zingarelli and Treccani call the Latin word Medieval, and DEI also compares French…

It is from Italian ricercare + -a, a deverbal noun of the verb meaning “to look for again; to search carefully”. Ricercare is formed with the intensive prefix ri- from cercare, which continues Late…

DELI derives it borrowed from Russian Русь (Rusʹ), the old name of the Rus', which it takes to be of Norse origin, a shortening of Old Norse róþsmenn (“rowers, seafarers”). Nocentini instead takes…

It is from Italian colonna + -ello, a diminutive of “colonna” “column”. The military sense comes from “colonna” as a column of soldiers: the “colonnello” was first the body of several companies, and…

It is a noun formed from the verb indirizzare (“to direct, address”). DELI traces the verb to Vulgar Latin *indirectiāre, from in- (“towards”) and a verb formed on dīrēctus (“straight”). Nocentini…

It is from Italian cattura (“capture, arrest”) + -are. cattura is from Latin captūra (“a taking; catch”), from capiō (“to take”). DELI and Nocentini treat it as a learned word; the LEI, by contrast…

It is the present participle of importare “to matter”, used as an adjective: from Italian importare + -ante. The verb is from Latin importō (“to bring in; to bring about”), formed from in- (“in”)…

It is borrowed from French personnage, a derivative of personne (“person”). In French the word is recorded from 1220–1230 for an important person, at first a church dignitary, and, from 1403 for a…

It is borrowed from Middle French fourbe (“thief; cheat”), a word of the French underworld recorded from 1455. The French word is probably formed from fourbir (“to polish, to furbish”), a thief…

It is from Italian nazione + -ale. Wiktionary compares New Latin nātiōnālis, a modern formation on the model of the European languages. The noun is a learned borrowing of Latin nātiō (“birth…

It is a noun formed from the verb ritardare “to delay”. The verb, recorded from 1282, is a learned word, borrowed from Latin retardō (“to delay, hold back”), from tardō (“to delay”) with the prefix…

It is a deverbal noun of livellare (“to level”), which comes from livella (“spirit level”). The tool's name is inherited from Latin lībella (“small balance; level”), a diminutive of lībra (“balance…

It is the plural of grazia “favour, gratitude”, used on its own as a formula of thanks. Nocentini explains it as short for rendere grazie “to give thanks”, the Italian form of Latin grātiās agō (“I…

It is the adverb borrowed from Latin grātīs (“for nothing, free”), contracted from grātiīs, the ablative plural of grātia (“favour, kindness”): literally “out of kindness”. The Latin noun comes from…

1. The sheriff is borrowed from English sheriff, from Old English scīrġerēfa, a compound of scīr (“shire, county”) and ġerēfa (“reeve, magistrate”). DELI dates the English word to about 1034…

It is the past participle of complicare, used as an adjective: from Italian complicare + -ato. The verb is a learned word, from Latin complicāre (“to fold together, roll up”), from com- (“together”)…

It is from Italian sera (“evening”) + -ata. Körting reconstructs Vulgar Latin *sērāta, the source of French soirée. The sense “evening party” follows the French word, recorded with this meaning in…

It is borrowed from Latin sērius (“grave, earnest”), a learned word. The sources date it differently: Zingarelli to 1499, GRADIT to 1551, Nocentini and Devoto–Oli to the middle of the 16th century…

It is a deverbal noun from consegnare (“to hand over”), formed without a suffix. The verb is borrowed from Latin cōnsignō (“to seal, authenticate”), from signō (“to mark”), a derivative of signum…

It is the past participle of rilassare (“to relax, loosen”), used as an adjective. The verb is a learned form of Latin relaxō (“to loosen; to relieve”), recorded as Old Italian relassare before 1342…

It is borrowed from Latin salvē (“be well!, hail!”), the imperative singular of salveō (“to be well, be in good health”), used in Latin as a greeting. The verb is formed on salvus (“safe, sound”)…

It is from Italian serio + -mente, the adverb of serio (“serious”). The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin sērius (“grave, earnest”), said above all of things. Nocentini dates the adjective…

It is formed from Italian s- + mettere, with the prefix in its subtractive sense: to “un-put”, to put aside. Tommaseo glossed it with dismettere and compared Latin dīmittō and dēmittō.

It is borrowed from Latin typus (“figure, image; type”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “blow; impression, mark”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike”). Wiktionary traces the verb to…