Etymograph

English

mantinada

Mantinada comes from Venetan matinada ‘a song of the morning’.

  1. Venetanmodernmatinada‘a song of the morning’
  2. Greek1453–presentμαντινάδαmantináda
  3. Englishtodaymantinada

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Venetanmodernmatinada‘a song of the morning’
  2. Greek1453–presentμαντινάδαmantináda
  3. Englishtodaymantinada

Today it means

noun An improvised Cretan rhyming couplet.

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

Etymograph / Venetan matinada / mantinada