English
lametta
Lametta comes from Italian lametta ‘razor blade’, from French lame ‘lamina’, and ultimately from Latin lāmina ‘a thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble,…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElāmina‘a thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble, etc’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlame‘lamina’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlama‘blade’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentlametta‘razor blade’literally ‘small blade’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElāmina‘a thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble, etc’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlame‘lamina’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlama‘blade’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentlametta‘razor blade’literally ‘small blade’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin lāmina ‘a thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble,…’
laminate, omelette, laminar, lamina, 6 more
through French lame ‘lamina’
Today it means
noun Thin wire or foil made of brass, gold or silver; now especially thin strips of metallic foil used as Christmas decoration.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lāmina / lametta