Latin words from Etruscan
5 Latin words with Etruscan in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
balteus
Its origin is uncertain; the OLD calls it doubtful. Charisius reports that Varro called it Etruscan, though Varro later looked for a Latin origin, and Wiktionary compares borrowed from Etruscan…
lar
The origin is uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓 (lar). De Vaan notes that the alternation between long and short /a/ fits no productive pattern and may point to a loanword, and finds a…
persona
Its origin is unknown. The OLD calls it perhaps Etruscan, and the TLL a foreign word, since it can hardly be explained in Latin, usually connected for its first sense “mask” with borrowed from…
satelles
Its origin is uncertain. The OLD calls it probably Etruscan, and Wiktionary names borrowed from Etruscan 𐌆𐌀𐌕𐌋𐌀𐌈 (zatlaθ, “follower, guard”) as one possibility. Other proposals in Wiktionary connect…
triumphus
It comes from the ritual cry ⟨triumpe!⟩. Wiktionary takes the older ⟨triumpus⟩ as borrowed from Etruscan *θriampe, from Ancient Greek θρίαμβος (thríambos, “hymn to Dionysus”), and Lewis & Short…