English
lazzarone
Lazzarone comes from Italian lazzarone ‘scoundrel, rogue’, and goes back to lazzaro.
- Italianc. 1300–presentlazzaro
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentlazzarone‘scoundrel, rogue’
- Englishearliest quotation 1792same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentlazzaro
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentlazzarone‘scoundrel, rogue’
- Englishearliest quotation 1792same form
Earliest quotation: 1792, Charlotte Smith, Letter X. To Mr. Bethel.: “What does he mean by his Rights of Man,…”
Every English word from Italian lazzaro
Today it means
noun One of the poorer classes of Neapolitans; a chance-worker or beggar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian lazzaro / lazzarone