Etymograph

English

longaniza

Longaniza 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 2021same form

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 2021same form

Earliest quotation: 2021, Rebecca King, Bountiful Bergenfield: “Cusinera serves stupendous silog (traditional Filipino breakfast, $5.61) —…”

Every English word from Latin Lucani

Today it means

noun A type of Spanish sausage.

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

Etymograph / Latin Lucani / longaniza

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