English
Scio
Scio comes from Italian Scio.
- Italianc. 1300–presentScio
- Englishearliest quotation 1771same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentScio
- Englishearliest quotation 1771same form
Earliest quotation: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. II: “CHIO, Chios, Xio, or Scio, an Aſiatic iſland, lying…”
Every English word from Italian Scio
Today it means
name Synonym of Chios.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian Scio / Scio