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Italian words first recorded in the 8th century

2 Italian words whose earliest known written record dates from the 8th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

  1. a

    800–899

    It is inherited from Latin ad (“to, towards; near”). Before a vowel the form “ad” is kept, and the preposition is the same as the prefix a- that doubles the following consonant (“accanto”…

  2. dente

    800–999

    It is inherited from Latin dēns (“tooth”), continued through its accusative. The word is found in every Romance language: French dent, Occitan dent, Catalan dent, Spanish diente, Portuguese dente…

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