English
frigatoon
Frigatoon comes from Italian fregatone.
- Italianc. 1300–presentfregatone
- Englishearliest quotation 1839frigatoon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentfregatone
- Englishearliest quotation 1839frigatoon
Earliest quotation: 1839, J.H. Ingraham, Captain Kyd; or: “Your protegé shall not want advancement through my forgetfulness,…”
Every English word from Italian fregatone
Today it means
noun A Venetian vessel with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian fregatone / frigatoon