English
normale
Normale comes from Italian normale ‘normal’, from Latin nōrmālis ‘perpendicular, square, with right angles’, and ultimately from norma.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnorma‘carpenter's square’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōrmālis‘perpendicular, square, with right angles’
- Italianc. 1300–presentnormale‘normal’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnorma‘carpenter's square’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōrmālis‘perpendicular, square, with right angles’
- Italianc. 1300–presentnormale‘normal’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, note, notice, recognize, recognition, narrative, con, ken, keen, glory, cognitive, ignore, notion, noble, ignorant, diagnostic, notorious, cunning, cognition, narration, notation, nobility, quaint, prognosis, incognito, gnome, notary, canny, notoriety, agnostic, connoisseur, uncouth, canna, kith, recognizance, cognizance, annotate, gnosis, 91 more
Today it means
noun A normal espresso drink, neither ristretto (shorter) nor lungo (longer).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin norma / normale