English
Ravennese
Ravennese comes from Latin Ravennātēnsis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CERavennātēnsis
- Englishearliest quotation 1903Ravennese
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CERavennātēnsis
- Englishearliest quotation 1903Ravennese
Earliest quotation: 1903, Reginald Bloomfield, Byzantium or Ravenna?: “...the Ravennese had found a fresh field for their…”
The story
Either Ravenna + -ese or an anglicized form of Latin Ravennātēnsis.
Every English word from Latin Ravennātēnsis
Today it means
adj Ravennate; of Ravenna.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Ravennātēnsis / Ravennese