English
Prosecco
Prosecco comes from Italian prosecco.
- Italianc. 1300–presentprosecco
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Prosecco
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentprosecco
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Prosecco
Earliest quotation: 2010, Derek Brown, The Bellini: A Two-Ingredient Marvel: “Prosecco is the perfect vehicle for the white peaches.…”
The story
Borrowed from Italian prosecco, named after the area where the variety was grown, Prosecco near Trieste, in the Veneto region.
Every English word from Italian prosecco
Today it means
name A variety of white grape grown in the Veneto region of Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian prosecco / Prosecco