English
Ferrara
Ferrara comes from Italian Ferrara.
- Italianc. 1300–presentFerrara
- Englishearliest quotation 1751same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentFerrara
- Englishearliest quotation 1751same form
Earliest quotation: 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […]: “Perry […] returned upon his disarmed foe, and brandishing…”
Every English word from Italian Ferrara
Today it means
noun An Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian Ferrara / Ferrara