English
Verona
Verona comes from Latin Vērōna, and goes back to xcg *Wernomagos.
- xcgmodern*Wernomagosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEVērōna
- Italianc. 1300–presentVerona
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1595same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- xcgmodern*Wernomagosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEVērōna
- Italianc. 1300–presentVerona
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1595same form
Earliest quotation: c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet: “Two households, both alike in dignity, // In fair…”
Every English word from xcg *Wernomagos
Today it means
name A city, the capital of the province of Verona, straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / xcg *Wernomagos / Verona