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English

Italian

Italian comes from Latin Italia β€˜Italy’, and goes back to Oscan πŒ…πŒπŒ•πŒ„πŒ‹πŒ‰πŒž β€˜land of bulls’.

  1. OscanmodernπŒ…πŒπŒ•πŒ„πŒ‹πŒ‰πŒžβ€˜land of bulls’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῙ̓ταλίᾱ
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEItaliaβ€˜Italy’
  4. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Italiānus
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Italian
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1868same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. OscanmodernπŒ…πŒπŒ•πŒ„πŒ‹πŒ‰πŒžβ€˜land of bulls’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῙ̓ταλίᾱ
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEItaliaβ€˜Italy’
  4. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Italiānus
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Italian
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1868same form

Earliest quotation: 1868, Henry Noel Humphreys, A History of the Art of Printing: β€œIt has been shown that there was a great…”

Equivalent to Italia + -n

Oscan πŒ…πŒπŒ•πŒ„πŒ‹πŒ‰πŒž β€˜land of bulls’

Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ

Latin Italia

Italian Italia

English Italia

Every English word from Oscan πŒ…πŒπŒ•πŒ„πŒ‹πŒ‰πŒž

Today it means

adj Pertaining to Italy.

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

Etymograph / Oscan πŒ…πŒπŒ•πŒ„πŒ‹πŒ‰πŒž / Italian

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