English
dado
Dado comes from Italian dado ‘die, dice’.
- Italianc. 1300–presentdado‘die, dice’
- Englishearliest quotation 1912same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentdado‘die, dice’
- Englishearliest quotation 1912same form
Earliest quotation: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […]: “Like a dado round the room was the jutting…”
first attested From Italian dado, first attested in 1664 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
From Italian dado, first attested in 1664.
Linked words
through Latin datum ‘thrown, given’
Today it means
noun The section of a pedestal above the base.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian dado / dado