Etymograph

English

longanisa

Longanisa comes from Spanish longaniza ‘pork sausage’, from Latin lūcānicus ‘Lucanian’, and ultimately from Lucani.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELucani
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CELūcānia
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElūcānicus‘Lucanian’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElūcānica
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*lucanicĭareconstructed
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentlonganiza‘pork sausage’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2016longanisa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELucani
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CELūcānia
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElūcānicus‘Lucanian’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElūcānica
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*lucanicĭareconstructed
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentlonganiza‘pork sausage’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2016longanisa

Earliest quotation: 2016, Ligaya Mishan, Phil-Am Kusina, a Ray of Philippine Sun on Staten Island: “If the cooking at Phil-Am Kusina is sometimes distracted,…”

Every English word from Latin Lucani

Today it means

noun A Spanish sausage similar to chorizo.

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

Etymograph / Latin Lucani / longanisa

Shirt and support for this word