English
Saturnalia
Saturnalia comes from Latin Sāturnālia.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESāturnālia
- Englishearliest quotation 1890Saturnalia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESāturnālia
- Englishearliest quotation 1890Saturnalia
Earliest quotation: 1890, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Over the Teacups: “It was odd that the literary festival should be…”
Every English word from Latin Sāturnālia
Today it means
name An Ancient Roman holiday honoring the deity Saturn.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Sāturnālia / Saturnalia