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Italian

/ɪˈtæl.jən/

Pertaining to Italy.

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Origin

From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”). By surface analysis, Italia + -n.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

inheritedMiddle EnglishItalian
- derivedMedieval LatinItaliānus
  - derivedLatinItalia “Italy”
surface analysisEnglishItalia “Synonym of Italy.”
derivedEnglishintarsiare
borrowedEnglishpasta “Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often …”
- borrowedItalianpasta
  - inheritedLate Latinpasta “dough, pastry cake, paste”
- derivedEnglishcopypasta “A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme.”
  - partEnglishcopy-paste “The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else.”
- borrowedPhilippine Spanishpasta
borrowedEnglishmarito “husband”
derivedEnglishduetto “a duet”
derivedEnglisha “The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.”
- derived (possibly)Englishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
  - derivedEnglish7th
  - derivedEnglishSweden “A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. Capital: Stockholm.”
  - derivedEnglishJohn “A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle A…”
  - derivedEnglishEisen “A surname from German.”
  - derivedEnglishMilonakis—himself
  - derivedEnglishmull “To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.”
  - derivedEnglishNîmes “A city, the capital of Gard department, Occitania, southern France, formerly in the region of Langu…”
  - derivedEnglishon “In the state of being active, functioning or operating.”
  - derivedEnglishpassio “suffering”
  - derivedEnglishmarine “Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the …”
  - derivedEnglishninny “A silly or foolish person.”
  - derivedEnglishlack “A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.”
  - derivedEnglishtalking “The action of the verb talk.”
  - derivedEnglishPlacerville “A city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States.”
  - derivedEnglishinside “The interior or inner part.”
  - derivedEnglishacetylierte
  - derivedEnglishBlau “A surname from German.”
  - derivedEnglishFahr “A surname from German.”
  - derived (possibly)EnglishMatthew “A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.”
  - derivedEnglishBMC
  - derivedLatin-plus “-ple”
- derivedEnglishwhich “What, of those mentioned or implied.”
- derivedEnglishleer “To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.”
- derivedEnglishflap “Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily …”
- derivedEnglishjam “A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast o…”
- derivedEnglishwindow “An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outsid…”
- derivedEnglishwind “Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pr…”
- partEnglishAllhallowmas “All Saints' Day.”
- derivedEnglishbog “An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft…”
- derivedEnglishclosing “The act by which something is closed.”
- derivedEnglishBritain “The United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain …”
- derivedEnglishsoylent “An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meat.”
- derivedEnglishCicero's
- partEnglishThomas “An infidel or doubter.”
- derivedEnglishMiddle “A sheading of the Isle of Man.”
- derivedEnglishan “Used before a vowel sound.”
- derivedEnglishbradán “salmon”
- derivedEnglishrotary “Capable of rotation.”
- derivedEnglishwithin “In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.”
- derivedEnglisheating “Bred to be eaten.”
- derivedEnglishblue “Of a blue hue.”
- borrowedEnglishFrench “The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by…”
- partEnglishStanley “A habitational surname from Old English.”
- derived (possibly)EnglishCarolina “A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.”
- derivedEnglishlate “Near the end of a period of time.”
- derivedEnglishtso
- derivedEnglishteneō “to hold, to retain”
- derived (possibly)Englishtechnical “Specifically related to a particular discipline.”
- derivedEnglishwaffle “A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.”
- derivedEnglishHugh “A male given name from the Germanic languages.”
- derivedEnglishWilkin “A surname originating as a patronymic.”
- derivedEnglishJohan “A female given name from Hebrew.”
- derivedEnglishMonty “A diminutive of the male given names Montgomery and Montague.”
- derivedEnglishRichard “A male given name from the Germanic languages.”
- derivedEnglishMassachusett “A Native American tribe who traditionally live in the Massachusetts Bay area in the state of Massac…”
- derivedEnglishDravidian “A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and…”
- derivedEnglishOld “A surname.”
- partOld Englishdū̆ce “duck”
- derivedEnglishtolowechek' “I speak Tolowa”
- derivedEnglishpuff “A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.”
- derivedEnglishBela “A short river in south Cumbria, England, which flows into the estuary of the River Kent; in full, t…”
- derivedEnglishole “An interjection used to stir up excitement.”
- derivedEnglishsense “Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hea…”
- derivedEnglishpituitary “Of or relating to the pituitary gland.”
- derivedEnglishvariable “Able to vary or be varied.”
- derivedEnglishBolama “One of the islands of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau”
- derivedEnglishleg “A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.”
- derivedEnglishThe
- derived (possibly)Englishtransport “To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.”
- derivedEnglishNovak “A surname.”
- derivedEnglishvan “A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cu…”
- derivedEnglishਰਾਵਾ “commander, king”
- derivedEnglishof “From (a place); off.”
- derivedEnglish1535:
- derivedEnglishabfraction “A proposed mechanism for noncarious tooth tissue loss, owing not to decay but rather to biomechanic…”
- derivedEnglishhide “To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.”
- derivedEnglishLa “A surname”
- derivedEnglishMargaret “A female given name from Ancient Greek.”
- derivedEnglishhis “Belonging to him.”
- derived (possibly)Old Norsein
- derivedClassical Latinumbilicus
- derivedEnglishmy “Belonging to me.”
- calqueJapanese頭
- derivedEnglishbloodroot “A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap a…”
- derivedEnglishwet “Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.”
- derivedEnglishWilliam “radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter W.”
- derivedEnglishobscurity “Darkness; the absence of light.”
- derivedEnglishc.
- derivedEnglishother “See other (determiner) below.”
- derivedOld EnglishTæbba
- calque (possibly)Englishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
- derivedEnglishclassic “Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.”
- derivedEnglishKlemens
- derivedEnglishtea “The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.”
- derivedEnglishCritique
- partEnglisheven “Flat and level.”
- partEnglishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
- partEnglishknife “A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually stee…”
- partOld Englishworþ “enclosure”
- inheritedMiddle Englisha
- inheritedMiddle Englishof
- inheritedMiddle Englishaw
- borrowedRussianа
derivedEnglishriva “A rift or cleft.”
derivedEnglishmanso “tame, mild”
surface analysisEnglish-n “belonging to”

Sources

Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary: Italian

Lineage

inheritedMiddle EnglishItalian
- derivedMedieval LatinItaliānus
  - derivedLatinItalia “Italy”
surface analysisEnglishItalia “Synonym of Italy.”
derivedEnglishintarsiare
borrowedEnglishpasta “Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often …”
- borrowedItalianpasta
  - inheritedLate Latinpasta “dough, pastry cake, paste”
- derivedEnglishcopypasta “A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme.”
  - partEnglishcopy-paste “The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else.”
- borrowedPhilippine Spanishpasta
borrowedEnglishmarito “husband”
derivedEnglishduetto “a duet”
derivedEnglisha “The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.”
- derived (possibly)Englishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
  - derivedEnglish7th
  - derivedEnglishSweden “A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. Capital: Stockholm.”
  - derivedEnglishJohn “A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle A…”
  - derivedEnglishEisen “A surname from German.”
  - derivedEnglishMilonakis—himself
  - derivedEnglishmull “To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.”
  - derivedEnglishNîmes “A city, the capital of Gard department, Occitania, southern France, formerly in the region of Langu…”
  - derivedEnglishon “In the state of being active, functioning or operating.”
  - derivedEnglishpassio “suffering”
  - derivedEnglishmarine “Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the …”
  - derivedEnglishninny “A silly or foolish person.”
  - derivedEnglishlack “A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.”
  - derivedEnglishtalking “The action of the verb talk.”
  - derivedEnglishPlacerville “A city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States.”
  - derivedEnglishinside “The interior or inner part.”
  - derivedEnglishacetylierte
  - derivedEnglishBlau “A surname from German.”
  - derivedEnglishFahr “A surname from German.”
  - derived (possibly)EnglishMatthew “A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.”
  - derivedEnglishBMC
  - derivedLatin-plus “-ple”
- derivedEnglishwhich “What, of those mentioned or implied.”
- derivedEnglishleer “To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.”
- derivedEnglishflap “Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily …”
- derivedEnglishjam “A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast o…”
- derivedEnglishwindow “An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outsid…”
- derivedEnglishwind “Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pr…”
- partEnglishAllhallowmas “All Saints' Day.”
- derivedEnglishbog “An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft…”
- derivedEnglishclosing “The act by which something is closed.”
- derivedEnglishBritain “The United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain …”
- derivedEnglishsoylent “An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meat.”
- derivedEnglishCicero's
- partEnglishThomas “An infidel or doubter.”
- derivedEnglishMiddle “A sheading of the Isle of Man.”
- derivedEnglishan “Used before a vowel sound.”
- derivedEnglishbradán “salmon”
- derivedEnglishrotary “Capable of rotation.”
- derivedEnglishwithin “In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.”
- derivedEnglisheating “Bred to be eaten.”
- derivedEnglishblue “Of a blue hue.”
- borrowedEnglishFrench “The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by…”
- partEnglishStanley “A habitational surname from Old English.”
- derived (possibly)EnglishCarolina “A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.”
- derivedEnglishlate “Near the end of a period of time.”
- derivedEnglishtso
- derivedEnglishteneō “to hold, to retain”
- derived (possibly)Englishtechnical “Specifically related to a particular discipline.”
- derivedEnglishwaffle “A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.”
- derivedEnglishHugh “A male given name from the Germanic languages.”
- derivedEnglishWilkin “A surname originating as a patronymic.”
- derivedEnglishJohan “A female given name from Hebrew.”
- derivedEnglishMonty “A diminutive of the male given names Montgomery and Montague.”
- derivedEnglishRichard “A male given name from the Germanic languages.”
- derivedEnglishMassachusett “A Native American tribe who traditionally live in the Massachusetts Bay area in the state of Massac…”
- derivedEnglishDravidian “A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and…”
- derivedEnglishOld “A surname.”
- partOld Englishdū̆ce “duck”
- derivedEnglishtolowechek' “I speak Tolowa”
- derivedEnglishpuff “A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.”
- derivedEnglishBela “A short river in south Cumbria, England, which flows into the estuary of the River Kent; in full, t…”
- derivedEnglishole “An interjection used to stir up excitement.”
- derivedEnglishsense “Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hea…”
- derivedEnglishpituitary “Of or relating to the pituitary gland.”
- derivedEnglishvariable “Able to vary or be varied.”
- derivedEnglishBolama “One of the islands of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau”
- derivedEnglishleg “A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.”
- derivedEnglishThe
- derived (possibly)Englishtransport “To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.”
- derivedEnglishNovak “A surname.”
- derivedEnglishvan “A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cu…”
- derivedEnglishਰਾਵਾ “commander, king”
- derivedEnglishof “From (a place); off.”
- derivedEnglish1535:
- derivedEnglishabfraction “A proposed mechanism for noncarious tooth tissue loss, owing not to decay but rather to biomechanic…”
- derivedEnglishhide “To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.”
- derivedEnglishLa “A surname”
- derivedEnglishMargaret “A female given name from Ancient Greek.”
- derivedEnglishhis “Belonging to him.”
- derived (possibly)Old Norsein
- derivedClassical Latinumbilicus
- derivedEnglishmy “Belonging to me.”
- calqueJapanese頭
- derivedEnglishbloodroot “A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap a…”
- derivedEnglishwet “Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.”
- derivedEnglishWilliam “radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter W.”
- derivedEnglishobscurity “Darkness; the absence of light.”
- derivedEnglishc.
- derivedEnglishother “See other (determiner) below.”
- derivedOld EnglishTæbba
- calque (possibly)Englishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
- derivedEnglishclassic “Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.”
- derivedEnglishKlemens
- derivedEnglishtea “The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.”
- derivedEnglishCritique
- partEnglisheven “Flat and level.”
- partEnglishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
- partEnglishknife “A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually stee…”
- partOld Englishworþ “enclosure”
- inheritedMiddle Englisha
- inheritedMiddle Englishof
- inheritedMiddle Englishaw
- borrowedRussianа
derivedEnglishriva “A rift or cleft.”
derivedEnglishmanso “tame, mild”
surface analysisEnglish-n “belonging to”