English
Etruscan
Etruscan comes from Latin Etruscus ‘of or pertaining to Etruria, Etruscan’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEtruscus‘of or pertaining to Etruria, Etruscan’
- Englishearliest quotation 1945Etruscan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEtruscus‘of or pertaining to Etruria, Etruscan’
- Englishearliest quotation 1945Etruscan
Earliest quotation: 1945, Elizabeth Gidley Withycombe, Introduction: “[…] Gauls used the suffix -acus, Etruscans -nas or…”
Formed from -an
Every English word from Latin Etruscus
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the region and culture of Etruria, a pre-Roman civilization in Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Etruscus / Etruscan