English
Ollie
Ollie comes from Latin olivarius ‘olive tree’, and goes back to Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀.
- Etruscanmodern*𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀‘olive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoliva‘olive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEolivarius‘olive tree’
- Englishearliest quotation 1994Ollie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Etruscanmodern*𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀‘olive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoliva‘olive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEolivarius‘olive tree’
- Englishearliest quotation 1994Ollie
Earliest quotation: 1994, Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man: “To my surprise and pleasure, it was Olwen that…”
Linked words
through Latin oliva ‘olive’
Today it means
name A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic].
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 / Ollie