Etymograph

English

Garofalo

Garofalo comes from Italian garofano ‘carnation, clove pink’, and goes back to Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκαρυόφυλλον‘clove tree’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaryophyllus‘Resembling or associated with clove’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentgarofano‘carnation, clove pink’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentGarofalo
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκαρυόφυλλον‘clove tree’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaryophyllus‘Resembling or associated with clove’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentgarofano‘carnation, clove pink’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentGarofalo
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον / Garofalo

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