Italian words from Latin
1281 Italian words with Latin in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages (page 22).
vita
It is inherited from Latin vīta (“life”), a derivative of vīvus (“alive”) or of the root of vīvō (“to live”). Devoto explains it as an abstract noun from a form ⟨*vivitā⟩, made with a suffix ⟨-tā⟩…
vite
1. The vine is inherited from Latin vītis (“vine; tendril; climbing plant”), continued from the accusative ⟨vītem⟩. The word is panromance: Old Occitan vid, Spanish vid, Portuguese vide, Sardinian…
vittima
It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin victima (“sacrificial animal”). The same Latin noun gave French victime, recorded from the 14th century, and Spanish víctima. The origin of the Latin word…
vittoria
It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin victōria (“victory”), formed from victor (“winner, conqueror”), itself from the past participle of vincō (“to conquer”). The Latin noun was in origin the…
vivere
It is inherited from Latin vīvō (“to live”), from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”). The verb is pan-Romance: French vivre, Occitan viure, Catalan viure…
vivo
It is inherited from Latin vīvus (“alive, living”), related to vīvō (“to live”). The adjective is found throughout Romance: French vif, Occitan viu, Catalan viu, Spanish vivo, Portuguese vivo…
voce
It is inherited from Latin vōx (“voice”), from the accusative ⟨vōcem⟩. The Latin word is panromance: French voix, Occitan votz, Catalan veu, Spanish voz, Portuguese voz, Sardinian boghe and…
voi
It is inherited from Latin vōs (“you (plural)”). The word is panromance: French vous, Occitan vos, Catalan vos, Spanish vos, Portuguese vos, Sardinian vois, Romansh vus and Romanian voi. Nocentini…
volare
It is inherited from Latin volō (“to fly”), which Latin also used for moving swiftly, as when Cicero writes that letters “flew” to Pompey at Capua. The verb survives in all of the Romance languages…
volere
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *volēre, the Vulgar Latin form that replaced the irregular classical infinitive of Latin velle (“to want”). The new infinitive was built on the present stem of the…
volontà
It is inherited from Latin voluntās (“will, wish; good will”), from the accusative voluntātem. DEI counts it among the words found across the Romance languages, though not in Romanian, while…
volta
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *volta, a shortened form of *volvita, from *volvitus, a popular past participle of Latin volvō (“to roll, turn”) in place of classical volūtus. DELI accepts that it…
volto
DELI and Nocentini treat it as a learned word, borrowed from Latin vultus (“expression; face”), also spelled voltus. Meyer-Lübke lists it among the outcomes of the Latin word, beside Old French vout…
vomitare
It is borrowed from Latin vomitō (“to vomit”), an intensive of vomō (“to vomit”). Nocentini and Zingarelli treat it as a learned word, against the popular French vomir. The Latin verb also lived on…
vostro
It is inherited from Latin voster (“your”), from the accusative vostrum, the popular form of classical vester. The form with ⟨o⟩ is recorded from the 2nd century AD; DELI, quoting Tekavčić, explains…
votare
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *vōtāre (“to offer in a vow, to consecrate”), a verb formed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), the past participle of voveō (“to vow, to promise”). Nocentini counts it among…
vuoto
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *vocitus (“emptied”), a variant of *vacitus, the past participle of a verb *vacēre (“to be empty”) that stood beside classical Latin vacō (“to be empty, free”). DEI…
zero
It is borrowed from Medieval Latin zephirum, the Latin form Leonardo Fibonacci gave to Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty; zero”). The Arabic word was an adjective meaning “empty”, used for the absence of…
zia
It is inherited from Late Latin thia (“aunt”), borrowed from Ancient Greek θεία (theía, “aunt”), the feminine of θεῖος (theîos, “uncle”). It is the feminine of zio. The classical word for a father's…
zio
It is inherited from Late Latin thīus (“uncle”), from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos, “uncle”). Isidore of Seville, in the 6th–7th century, wrote of the Latin word “Tius Graecum est”, “tius is Greek”…
zona
It is borrowed from Latin zōna (“belt, girdle”), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt, girdle”). The Greek word comes from the root of ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”). It is a learned word. From “belt”…