English
listello
Listello comes from Italian listello ‘listel, fillet’, from lista ‘list, pile’, and ultimately from Vulgar Latin *lista.
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*listareconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentlista‘list, pile’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentlistello‘listel, fillet’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*listareconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentlista‘list, pile’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentlistello‘listel, fillet’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Vulgar Latin *lista
Today it means
noun An architectural fillet, a tile border or listel
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Vulgar Latin *lista / listello