Italian words first recorded in the 16th century

The adjective is borrowed from Medieval Latin horārius (“of the hours”), a learned word formed from hōra (“hour”). Wiktionary takes it from Late Latin hōrārium; DEI notes that the Latin noun meant…

It is borrowed from French pistole (“small arquebus”), recorded in 1544, from German Pistole, which was taken from Czech píšťala (“pipe, whistle”). The German word entered from Czech during the…

It is borrowed from French ressource, a noun formed on Old French resourdre (“to rise again”), which continues Latin resurgō (“to rise again”). Zingarelli and Gabrielli explain the French noun as…

It is formed in from Italian casa + -ino, a diminutive of the word for “house”. The base continues Latin casa (“hut, cottage”), of uncertain origin. The same formation is Piedmontese casin.

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin functiō (“performance, discharge; office”), from functus, the past participle of fungor (“to perform, discharge”). DELI thinks it probably came through…

It is a verb formed from Italian s- + posto (“place”) + -are, with s- in its sense of removal: “to put out of place”. GDLI traces the prefix to Latin ex-, which expresses moving away. The noun posto…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Late Latin theōria (“contemplation, speculation”), from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría), a word that meant both an embassy to a religious festival and, through the…

It is borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa), which first meant “wine” or a stimulating drink and was used in Yemen for coffee from the end of the 14th century. The…

It is the feminine of finto, the past participle of fingere (“to pretend”), used as a noun. The verb continues Latin fingō (“to shape; to invent, feign”). The same formation is Old French feinte…

It is formed in Italian: from Italian Giappone (“Japan”) + -ese. Wiktionary takes the country name from French Japon, from Portuguese Japão and Malay Jepang, and these from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún)…

It is the feminine of sorpreso, the past participle of sorprendere, used as a noun. The verb is formed from Italian sor- + prendere, literally “to take from above”, and DELI sees it at least in part…

1. The bone of the forearm is a learned word, borrowed from Latin radius (“rod, staff; ray; spoke”), named for its straight shape. Nocentini takes it from Late Latin, where the word had come to name…

It is borrowed from French billet, recorded in French from 1457. The French noun is the masculine counterpart of Old French billette, itself a form of bullette (“certificate”), a diminutive of the…

It is the past participle of fidanzare, used as an adjective and a noun, from Italian fidanzare + -ato. The verb is formed from fidanza (“trust; pledge”). DELI explains the noun as Old French fiance…

It is a learned word, borrowed from New Latin laboratorium, first the workshop of the alchemist, from the adjective Medieval Latin laboratorius (“that can be worked”), derived from Latin labōrō (“to…