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*[[Money]] (from Italian ''Moneta'')
*[[Money]] (from Italian ''Moneta'')
*[[Mail|Post]] (from Italian ''Posta'' through French "Poste"<ref>[[Le petit robert|Le Petit Robert]]</ref>)<ref>D. Harper, ''Online Etymology Dictionary'', 2010</ref>
*[[Mail|Post]] (from Italian ''Posta'' through French "Poste"<ref>[[Le petit robert|Le Petit Robert]]</ref>)<ref>D. Harper, ''Online Etymology Dictionary'', 2010</ref>
*[[Sales|Sale]] (from Italian ''Salire'', meaning "get out" merchandise)


==Military and weaponry==
==Military and weaponry==

Revision as of 10:50, 12 August 2016

This is a partial list of known or supposed Italian loanwords in English. A separate list of terms used in music can be found at List of Italian musical terms used in English:

Music

Main article: Italian musical terms used in English

Art and architecture

Literature and language

Theatre and dramatic arts

Arts in general and aesthetics

  • Burlesque (from Italian burlesco through French)
  • Capriccio: From capriccio, "sudden motion". In music, a free composition; in art, a juxtaposing of elements toc reate a fantastic or imagined architecture[10]
  • Cinquecento (Italian Cinquecento from millecinquecento, "1500") The culture of the 16th century[11]
  • Grotesque (from Italian grottesco through French)
  • Pastiche (from Italian pasticcio through French)
  • Picturesque (from Italian pittoresco through French)
  • Quattrocento (Italian Quattrocento from millequattrocento, "1400") The culture of the 15th century[12]
  • Studio

Colours

Cuisine

Clothes, accessories, furniture

  • Baldachin (from Italian baldacchino; Baldacco is an old Italian name for Baghdad)
  • Brocade (from Italian broccato through Spanish)
  • Costume (through French)
  • Jeans (after the city of Genoa through French Gênes)
  • Muslin (through French mousseline from Italian mussolina after the city of Mosul)
  • Organza (after the city of Urgenč)
  • Parasol (from Italian parasole through French)
  • Stiletto (in Italian means "thick dagger", while the shoes are called tacchi a spillo, literally "needle heels")
  • Umbrella (from Italian ombrello)
  • Valise (from Italian valigia through French)

Geography and geology

  • Archipelago (through Italian arcipelago, from Greek "arkhipélagos")
  • Lagoon (Italian: laguna)
  • Littoral (Italian: litorale)
  • Marina (from Italian "mare", "sea")
  • Riviera (from Italian "riviera", coming from Latin ripa, "coastline")
  • Sirocco (Italian: scirocco, from Arabic)

Some toponym of Latin, Greek, Slavic or Arabic origin referring to non-Italian places entered English through Italian:

territories named after Italian explorers:

Commerce and finance

  • Bank (Italian: banco or banca) [27]
  • Bankrupt (Italian: bancarotta) [28]
  • Capitalism (from Italian capitale)
  • Carat / karat (from Italian carato - from Arabic - through French) [29]
  • Cartel (through French and German, from Italian cartello, meaning "poster") [30]
  • Cash (from Italian cassa through French caisse and Provençal) [31]
  • Credit (from Italian credito through French) [32]
  • Del credere (Italian: star del credere)
  • Ducat (from Italian ducato, whose main meaning is "duchy") [33]
  • Florin (through French from Italian fiorino) [34]
  • Finance (from Italian affinare, meaning 'do something precisely' in economy)
  • Lira [35]
  • Lombard (through French, from Italian lombardo meaning an inhabitant of Lombardy) [36]
  • Mercantile (through French) [37]
  • Management (from Italian mano for "maneggiamento", meaning "hand" for 'handlement') [38]
  • Merchandise (from Italian merce)
  • Money (from Italian Moneta)
  • Post (from Italian Posta through French "Poste"[39])[40]

Military and weaponry

  • Arsenal (Italian: arsenale, from Arabic)
  • Brigade (through French from Italian brigata)
  • Brigand (through French from Italian brigante)
  • Cannon (through French from Italian cannone)
  • Cavalier (Italian: cavaliere)
  • Cavalry (through French cavalerie from Italian cavalleria)
  • Catapult (through latin catapulta from Italian catapulta)
  • Citadel (through French citadelle from Italian cittadella)
  • Colonel (through French from Italian colonnello)
  • Condottieri (Italian: condottiero, pl. condottieri)
  • Infantry (through French infanterie from Italian infanteria; Modern Italian: fanteria)
  • Generalissimo
  • Salvo (italian: salva)
  • Scimitar (through Italian: Scimitarra from ancient persian "shamshir")
  • Stiletto (Italian stiletto, "little stylus (engraving tool)")
  • Stratagem (through French stratagème from Italian stratagemma, in its turn from Latin and Greek)
  • Venture (Italian: ventura)

Crime and immorality

  • Assassination (from Italian: assassinio the first use this italian world was William Shakespeare in Macbeth. Shakespeare introduced a lot of italian or latin words in english language. Assassin and assassination to derive from the word Hashshashin (Arabic: حشّاشين, ħashshāshīyīn, also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, means Assassins),and shares its etymological roots with hashish. It referred to a group of Nizari Shia Persians who worked against various Arab and Persian targets.
  • Assassin (from Italian: assassino the first use this italian world was William Shakespeare in Macbeth. Shakespeare introduced many italian or latin words in english language)
  • Bandit (Italian: bandito)
  • Bordello
  • Casino (in Italian means "hunting cottage" or "brothel", and - figuratively - "mess" or "a lot")
  • Charlatan (through French from Italian ciarlatano)
  • Cosa nostra
  • Mafia and Mafioso

Politics

Love and sex

  • Bimbo (Italian: bimba, m. bimbo)
  • Casanova
  • Dildo (from Italian diletto, meaning "pleasure")
  • Inamorata (from Italian inammorata, a female lover)
  • Lothario (Italian: Lotario; however, in Italian it is a first name, but it doesn't mean "lady-killer")
  • Ruffian (Italian: m. ruffiano, f. ruffiana)

Science and nature

words after Italian scientist names:

Religion, rituals, holidays

Games and sports

  • Catenaccio: From catenaccio, "door-bolt". A defensive tactic in association football[42]
  • Curva, a curved stadium grandstand
  • Fianchetto (Italian fianchetto, "little flank") A chess tactic
  • Lottery (Italian: lotteria)
  • Tarot (through French) and Taroc (Italian tarocco)
  • Tifo and Tifosi (literally meaning "typhus"; Italian tifosi, "sports fans", "supporters")
  • Tombola
  • Zona mista (literally meaning "mixed zone"; often referred to as "Gioco all'italiana" or "The Game in the Italian style")
  • libero from Italian libero = free , a defensive specialist posit position in modern volleyball

Others

  • Armature (through Italian plural armature in english = rebar that's short for reinforcing bar)
  • Berlinetta: From berlinetta, "little saloon". A two-seater sports car[43]
  • Bravado (through French bravade from Italian bravata)
  • Brave (through French from Italian bravo)
  • Capisci ("understand", often misspelled kapish, or kapeesh)
  • Ciao: From ciao, an informal greeting or valediction, originally from Venetian sciavo, "(your humble) servant". Goodbye.[44]
  • Cognoscente (in Italian conoscitore)
  • Dilemma (in Italian means "alternativa tra due posizioni inaccettabili")
  • Dilettante (in Italian means "amateur")
  • Ditto
  • Genoa after the city
  • Gonzo (in Italian means "simpleton", "diddled")
  • Humanist (through French from Italian umanista)
  • Inferno (in Italian means "hell")
  • Latrine (through Italian plural "latrine" from the Latin "lavatrina" )
  • Lido (in Italian means "coast", usually "sandy coast")
  • Lipizzan (Italian: lipizzano)
  • Major-domo (Italian maggiordomo)
  • Mizzen (through French misaine from Italian mezzana)
  • Paparazzi (Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo, the name of a character in the film La Dolce Vita)
  • Poltroon (through French poltron from Italian poltrone)
  • Pronto
  • Regatta (Italian: regata)
  • Vendetta (in Italian means "vengeance")
  • Vista (in Italian means "sight")
  • Viva

Sources

  • D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary
  • Wiktionary

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ Harper Collins, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  2. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=chiaroscuro
  3. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=canto
  4. ^ http://www.komvos.edu.gr/dictonlineplsql/simple_search.display_full_lemma?the_lemma_id=16800&target_dict=1, Lexico Triantaphyllide online dictionary, Greek Language Center (Kentro Hellenikes Glossas), lemma Franc ( Φράγκος Phrankos), Lexico tes Neas Hellenikes Glossas, G.Babiniotes, Kentro Lexikologias(Legicology Center) LTD Publications, ISBN 960-86190-1-7, lemma Franc and (prefix) franco- (Φράγκος Phrankos and φράγκο- phranko-).
  5. ^ Douglas Harper Etymology Dictionary (2001)
  6. ^ http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/motto
  7. ^ http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-rod1.htm
  8. ^ "Cantastoria: Centuries-Old Performance Style Making a Comeback", The L Magazine. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2013
  9. ^ http://www.myetymology.com/english/scenery.html
  10. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Capriccio
  11. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Cinquecento
  12. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Quattrocento
  13. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Orange
  14. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Magenta
  15. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=artichoke&allowed_in_frame=0
  16. ^ http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/baguette
  17. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=baguette
  18. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=barista
  19. ^ Harper, Douglas. "candy". Online Etymology Dictionary.
  20. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Cappuccino
  21. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=cauliflower
  22. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=coffee
  23. ^ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/macchiato
  24. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Orange
  25. ^ "orange n.1 and adj.1". Oxford English Dictionary online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-30.(subscription required)
  26. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=pesto&searchmode=none
  27. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  28. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  29. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  30. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  31. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  32. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  33. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  34. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  35. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  36. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  37. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  38. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  39. ^ Le Petit Robert
  40. ^ D. Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010
  41. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Manganese
  42. ^ "Catenaccio" at worldsoccer.com
  43. ^ Laban, Brian. The Ultimate History of Ferrari. Bath: Parragon, 2002. ISBN 978-0-7525-8873-5.
  44. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=ciao
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