Italian words from Gaulish
7 Italian words with Gaulish in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
barena
It is borrowed from Venetian barena, from baro (“tuft of grass, bush; uncultivated land”). According to DELI, Nocentini, Prati and GRADIT, that word is from Gaulish *barros (“grassy tuft, bush”)…
benna
It is inherited from Late Latin benna (“four-wheeled cart”), a word that Festus and Paul the Deacon give as the Gaulish name of a kind of vehicle. The Latin word is from Gaulish of Gaulish origin…
cammino
It is inherited from Late Latin cammīnus (“road, way”), a word from Gaulish of Gaulish origin. The Latin word is first recorded, spelt ⟨caminus⟩, in Spain before about 680, and replaced Latin iter…
carro
It is inherited from Latin carrus (“four-wheeled wagon”). The Latin word is from Gaulish *karros, borrowed together with the four-wheeled transport wagon of the Gauls. It is recorded from the 1st…
gota
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *gauta (“cheek”), from Gaulish *gauta. The Gaulish origin, proposed by Jud and Dauzat and accepted by Meyer-Lübke, rests on the word's distribution: it is…
salmone
It is inherited from Latin salmō (“salmon”), through the accusative. The Latin word is of Celtic origin, according to DELI, Nocentini and GRADIT, and the likeliest source is Gaulish. DEI compares…
segugio
It is inherited from Late Latin segūsius, a hunting dog, recorded in the Lex Salica in the 6th century. DELI, Devoto–Oli and Zingarelli consider it probably Gaulish. Nocentini takes it from the name…