English
trattoria
Trattoria comes from Italian trattoria ‘small or simple restaurant’, from trattore ‘host’, and ultimately from Latin trahō ‘to drag’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō‘to drag’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtractus‘dragged’perfect passive participle of trahō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtractāre‘to drag’
- Italianc. 1300–presenttrattare‘to treat’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presenttrattore‘host’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presenttrattoria‘small or simple restaurant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1995trattoria
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō‘to drag’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtractus‘dragged’perfect passive participle of trahō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtractāre‘to drag’
- Italianc. 1300–presenttrattare‘to treat’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presenttrattore‘host’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presenttrattoria‘small or simple restaurant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1995trattoria
Earliest quotation: 1995, Eric Asimov, A Complete 'Look': “La Granita is a new trattoria on the Upper…”
Linked words
through Latin trahō ‘to drag’
contract, attractive, abstract, retreat, portrait, extract, attraction, distraction, distract, tram, retract, subtraction, entreat, tractable, 29 more
through Latin tractus ‘dragged’
traction, trait, tractor, 1 more
through Latin tractāre ‘to drag’
Today it means
noun A small, informal Italian-style restaurant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin trahō / trattoria