Italian words first recorded in the 17th century

It is borrowed from Spanish hacienda, in the older spelling Old Spanish hazienda, “occupation; estate, wealth; administration of property”, recorded in Spanish from 1115. The Spanish word continues…

It is from Italian viaggio (“journey”) + -are. Wiktionary instead takes it from Old French voyagier. The same verb is French voyager, Occitan viatjar and Portuguese viajar. The noun viaggio is…

It is a diminutive, from Italian signora + -ina, formed from the word for a lady. That noun is the feminine of signore, which continues Latin senior (“older”) through its accusative. In the early…

It is from Italian Cina + -ese, from the name of China. The name reached the languages of Europe through Portuguese China in the 16th century. Nocentini traces it through Persian چین (Čīn) and…

It is borrowed from Hokkien 茶 (tê, “tea”), the word of the Min dialect of Amoy (Xiamen), the port facing Taiwan; it is a variant of Chinese 茶 (chá). Devoto–Oli, Sabatini–Coletti and Treccani bring…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin pressiō (“pressure, weight”), a noun of action formed on pressus, the past participle of premō (“to press”). The Latin noun is found in Vitruvius. The same…

It is a univerbation of quale and siasi, “whichever it may be”: the present subjunctive of the verb “to be” with the particle si. Zingarelli records the older spelling as separate words from 1442.

It is from Italian respirare + -o, a noun made from the verb. The verb continues Latin respīrō (“to recover one's breath”), from re- (“again”) and spīrō (“to breathe”). De Vaan suggests that the…

It is the feminine past participle of rivedere (“to see again, review”), used as a noun. Its main modern senses were modelled on French: the military “review, inspection” on French revue, and the…

1. The average is the feminine of medio (“middle, average”) used as a noun, after an earlier phrase with a feminine noun, meaning “average measure”. Wiktionary takes it directly from Latin media…

It is a semi-learned borrowing, borrowed from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis (“real”), from Latin rēs (“thing”) with the suffix -ālis. Sabatini–Coletti derive it from the accusative…

It is from Italian firmare (“to sign”), a back-formation: a noun made from the verb with no suffix. The verb is a learned word, from Latin firmō (“to make firm, confirm”), from firmus (“firm…

It is a word of imitative origin, built on the sound sequence ⟨bomb⟩ that names a resonant noise, a hum or an explosion. The same sequence is in from Latin bombus (“a buzzing, booming”), borrowed…

It is formed from Italian riunire + -ione, on the model of French réunion, recorded in 1468. Zingarelli, Treccani and Devoto analyse it instead as ri- and unione. DELI and Nocentini treat it under…

It is from Italian s- + comparire (“to appear”), with the prefix in its privative sense, as the opposite of comparire. Battaglia traces the prefix to ex-. Devoto explains the verb as a cross of…

It is from Italian fermare (“to stop”) + -ata, a noun of action formed from the verb with the suffix that also makes passeggiata and chiamata. The verb is Latin firmō (“to make firm, to secure”)…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “a loosening; resolution”), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “to undo, resolve”), formed from ἀνά (aná, “up”) and λύω (lúō, “to loosen”)…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin identificō (“to make identical”), a learned word of philosophical origin. The Medieval Latin verb is formed from identicus (“identical”) and the stem of Latin…

It is a noun formed from the verb impegnare (“to pledge, to commit”). The verb is formed from pegno (“pledge”) with the prefix in- in the sense “into”, and the noun goes back to Latin pignus…

It is from Italian diretto + -mente, from the adjective “direct” and the adverb-forming suffix. The adjective continues Latin dīrēctus (“straight; direct”), the past participle of dīrigō (“to…

It is borrowed from French émotion (1534). DELI calls the French word a learned formation on Late Latin ēmōtiō, from ēmōtus, the past participle of ēmoveō (“to move out, remove; to shake”)…

It is the past participle of risultare (“to result”) used as a noun: from Italian risultare + -ato. The verb is a learned word, from Latin resultō (“to rebound; to resound”), from re- (“back”) and…

It is borrowed from French mode, which has meant the current fashion in dress since 1549; the phrase à la mode (“in the manner (of)”) goes back to about 1393. The French word continues Latin modus…

It is borrowed from French train, a noun formed from traîner (“to drag, haul”), which comes from Vulgar Latin *tragināre. The Vulgar Latin verb is an extension of *tragāre, from Latin trahō (“to…

It is a deverbal noun from sparare “to fire a gun”. That verb is itself recorded from before 1470; DELI follows Castellani in deriving it from the older sense of the verb, “to gut an animal”, as if…

It is formed from spiegare “to explain” with the suffix -zione, on the model of Latin explicātiō (“unfolding; explanation”). GRADIT gives the Latin noun as the source directly. The verb is the…

It is borrowed from French responsable, adapted to the Italian ending -abile. DELI counts it among a family of modern words all imitated from French, none of which was yet recorded in D'Alberti's…

It is from Italian simpatia + -ico. The noun is a learned word of the 16th century, from Latin sympathīa (“natural affinity”), from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia, “fellow feeling”), a compound…

It is borrowed from French électrique, recorded in French in the same year, 1660, from New Latin electricus. Nocentini, Devoto–Oli and Treccani derive it directly from the New Latin word. The Latin…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Late Latin programma (“written notice, posted edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “public notice, edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “to write…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Late Latin adōrābilis (“worthy of adoration”), from adōrō (“to worship”) with the suffix -bilis. The LEI notes that the Latin adjective is found from the 2nd…

It is borrowed from French contrôle (“check, verification”), recorded in French in 1611. The French word is a shortened form of Middle French contrerole (14th century), literally “counter-roll”, a…

It is a noun formed from the verb sbagliare (“to make a mistake”) with the ending -o. The verb is probably abbagliare (“to dazzle”) with its prefix replaced by s-. Nocentini notes that it first…

It is from Italian emergere + -enza, the noun of action of the verb. Wiktionary compares Medieval Latin ēmergentia, from the present participle of Latin ēmergō, which is formed ē- (“out”) and mergō…

It is borrowed from English lord, the British title. The English word comes from Old English hlāford (“master, lord”), literally “keeper of the bread”, a compound of hlāf (“bread, loaf”) and weard…

Most dictionaries say it is borrowed from French journaliste, a derivative of journal (“newspaper”). De Mauro's GRADIT and Wiktionary instead treat it as an Italian formation, from Italian giornale…

It is borrowed from Spanish cumpleaños, a compound of cumplir (“to complete, fulfil”) and the plural of año (“year”). Wiktionary calls it a partial calque, adapted to anno and perhaps to compiere…

It is borrowed from French publicité, a derivative of public. GRADIT instead treats it as an Italian formation from pubblico with the suffix -ità. DEI dates the French word to 1694 and its…

It is a borrowing from French, but the sources differ on which French word. DELI and Nocentini derive it from the verb borrowed from French tourner (“to turn”), whose sense passed from “to turn on a…

It is a deverbal noun from confrontare (“to compare”), formed without a suffix. The verb is recorded from the end of the 14th century; DELI derives it from French confronter (14th century)…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin explōsiō (“driving off by clapping”), from explōdō (“to drive off the stage by clapping, to reject”), a compound of ex- and plōdō (“to clap”), the old form…

It is borrowed from New Latin gas, a word coined by the Flemish physician and chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont (1577–1644) for the “subtle spirit” he discovered. He made it by slightly altering Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin normālis (“made with a carpenter's square, perpendicular”), from norma (“carpenter's square; rule”). GRADIT and Sabatini–Coletti also point to French normal, recorded from…

It is formed from Italian disgusto + -oso. The noun disgusto “disgust” (1581–1582, Remigio Nannini) is made of the prefix dis- and gusto (“taste”); Wiktionary also allows a back-formation from the…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ, “stop, suspension”). The Greek noun is from ἐπέχω (epékhō, “to hold back, check”), formed from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) and ἔχω (ékhō, “to…

It is the past participle of impegnare (“to pawn; to commit”), used as an adjective. The verb (13th century) is formed from pegno (“pledge”) with the prefix in-, and Medieval Latin had impignare in…

It is from Italian in- + legale, with the negative prefix. Sabatini–Coletti see the model of French illégal or English illegal behind it, GDLI compares Medieval Latin illēgālis and the French word…

It is borrowed from French bleu (“blue”), earlier Old French blou and bleve (with blef from the 12th century), which also meant “pale, wan”. The French word comes from Frankish *blāo, rendered as…

In its modern senses it is borrowed from French département, from départir (“to divide into parts”), from partir (“to divide”) with the prefix dé-. The French verb continues Late Latin dēpartīre…

It is the past participle of sopravvivere “to survive”, used as an adjective and a noun. Wiktionary analyses it as from Italian sopra- + vissuto. The verb continues Late Latin supravīvere, a…

It is from Italian né + meno, written as one word. Né continues Latin nec (“and not”). Wiktionary adds that the Italian phrase may also continue Latin nē (“not”) minimum quidem “not even the least”…

It is borrowed from French détail, a noun of the 12th century formed from the verb détailler, which first meant “to cut into pieces” and then “to sell in small quantities”. That verb is tailler (“to…