Etymograph

English

Leonardeschi

Leonardeschi comes from Italian leonardesco ‘of or pertaining to Leonardo da Vinci,…’, and goes back to Old High German Leonhart.

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Leonhartliterally ‘as strong as a lion’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Leonard
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentLeonardo
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentleonardesco‘of or pertaining to Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardesque’
  5. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentleonardeschimasculine plural form of leonardesco
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1969Leonardeschi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Leonhartliterally ‘as strong as a lion’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Leonard
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentLeonardo
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentleonardesco‘of or pertaining to Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardesque’
  5. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentleonardeschimasculine plural form of leonardesco
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1969Leonardeschi

Earliest quotation: 1969, Gert von der Osten, Horst Vey: “In this connexion we may think of the importance…”

The story

Borrowed from Italian leonardeschi, the masculine plural form of leonardesco (‘of or pertaining to Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardesque’), named after the Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) + -esco (“-esque”, suffix forming an adjective or noun indicating relationship, membership or quality).

Every English word from Old High German Leonhart

Today it means

noun A group of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci.

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

Etymograph / Old High German Leonhart / Leonardeschi

Shirt and support for this word