Etymograph

English

Murano

Murano comes from Italian Murano, and goes back to Latin Amurianum.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAmurianum
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentMurano
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1999same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAmurianum
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentMurano
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1999same form

Earliest quotation: 1999, Jakob Grimmelshausen, Simplicius Simplicissimus: “[H]e knew that, counting from the hemp or flax…”

Today it means

name A series of islands on the northern edge of Venice.

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

Etymograph / Latin Amurianum / Murano