Etymograph

English

loukaniko

Loukaniko comes from Greek λουκάνικο ‘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. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453λουκάνικον
  6. Greek1453–presentλουκάνικοloukániko‘pork sausage’
  7. Englishtodayloukaniko

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. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453λουκάνικον
  6. Greek1453–presentλουκάνικοloukániko‘pork sausage’
  7. Englishtodayloukaniko

Every English word from Latin Lucani

Today it means

noun A Greek sausage flavoured with orange peel, fennel seed, and other seasonings, and sometimes smoked over aromatic wood.

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

Etymograph / Latin Lucani / loukaniko

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