Etymograph

English

intonaco

Intonaco comes from Italian intonaco ‘plaster’, and goes back to Latin tunicō ‘to cover or clothe with a tunic’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtunicōas tunicāre‘to cover or clothe with a tunic’
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*intunicārereconstructed
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentintonacare‘to plaster’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentintonaco‘plaster’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtunicōas tunicāre‘to cover or clothe with a tunic’
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*intunicārereconstructed
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentintonacare‘to plaster’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentintonaco‘plaster’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Latin tunicō

Today it means

noun The final, very thin layer of plaster on which a fresco is painted.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin tunicō / intonaco

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