italiano

Borrowed from Latin ītaliānus (“Italian”). By surface analysis, Italia (“Italy”) + -ano (“-an”, derivational suffix).


francese

From Francia + -ese.
Borrowed from Old French franceis.


tedesco

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin theodiscus, from a Germanic language, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people, popular, vernacular”), from *þeudō (“people”) + *-iskaz (“-ish, -ic, -al”). The Old English form is þēodisċ, the Old High German one diutisc (attested ca. 1090 in the Annolied). Compare also Friulian todesc, archaic or regional French thiois, Sicilian tudiscu.


spagnolo

q

along with French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">espagnol</i>

→ Romanian: spaniol (along with French espagnol)

From Spagna (“Spain”) + -olo (“derivative suffix”), possibly also from Old Occitan espaignol, from a Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus, from Latin Hispānus. Compare French espagnol, Portuguese espanhol, Spanish español. Doublet of épagneul.


ladino

the Ladin language, a Rhaetian tongue of northeastern Italy


ladino

it-noun

ladino m (plural ladini, feminine ladina)

native or inhabitant of the Ladin-speaking area of northeastern Italy (male or of unspecified gender)


ladino

it-adj

ladino (feminine ladina, masculine plural ladini, feminine plural ladine)

ladina (feminine)
ladini (masculine plural)
ladine (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to the Ladin-speaking area of northeastern Italy


inglese

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: انگلیز (ingiliz)
Turkish: İngiliz
→ Armenian: ինկիլիզ (inkiliz), ինգլիզ (ingliz)
→ Arabic: إِنْجْلِيز (ʔinglīz)
→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣ (inglīs)
→ Persian: انگلیس (engelis)

→ Greek: Εγγλέζος (Englézos)
→ Romanian: englez


avaro

(usually preceded by determinative article) Avar (language)


nahuatl

Borrowed from Spanish náhuatl, from Classical Nahuatl nāhuatl.


yiddish

Unadapted borrowing from English Yiddish, from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish).


inuit

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”).


nepalese

all the languages from Nepal including Khas Nepali, Maithili language, Nepal Bhasa, Tamang language, Gurung language


gotico

it-adj

gotico (feminine gotica, masculine plural gotici, feminine plural gotiche)

gotica (feminine)
gotici (masculine plural)
gotiche (feminine plural)


albanese

From Albania + -ese. Cognate with Sicilian arbanisi.


serbo

Borrowed from archaic Serbo-Croatian Ср̏б (modern Ср̏бин).


sardo

sardo (feminine sarda, masculine plural sardi, feminine plural sarde)

sarda (feminine)
sardi (masculine plural)
sarde (feminine plural)


napoletano

From Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis (“Naples”), from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polis, literally “new city”).


greco

From Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).


veneziano

it-adj

veneziano (feminine veneziana, masculine plural veneziani, feminine plural veneziane)

veneziana (feminine)
veneziani (masculine plural)
veneziane (feminine plural)


veneziano

it-noun

veneziano m (plural veneziani, feminine veneziana)


veneziano

Venetian (form of Venetan language spoken in Venice)


calabrese

the Calabrian language or set of dialects


pali

Borrowed from Sanskrit पालि (pāli, “line, series”, referring to the series of canonical texts).


rumeno

Based on Romanian român (older form rumân), itself from Latin romānus, whence also Italian romano (“Roman”). Compare also French roumain, Spanish rumano, etc.


portoghese

Sense “free rider” from the expression fare il portoghese, from spectacles organized by the Portuguese embassy in Rome that were free for anyone declaring to be Portuguese (18th c.).


persiano

Persian (the Persian language, or a family of languages)


punico

From Latin pūnicus (“Punic”), from Poenicus (“Phoenician”), from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix, “Phoenician”).


georgiano

Borrowed from Medieval Latin geōrgiānus. By surface analysis, Georgia + -iano.


egiziano

From egizio (“Egyptian”) + -iano (“pertaining to”).


egizio

Borrowed from Classical Latin aegyptius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios). Doublet of ghezzo.

Saint-Clément d’Alexandrie, Philon, Suidas, diſent auſſi que moy, en Egyptien, exprime l’eau

1786 [1780], Giuseppe Proposto Cornaro, “Capo II”, in L’Esodo spiegato sopra i testi primitivi [The Exodus explained through the early texts], Venice: Simone Occhi, translation of L'Exode expliqué d’apres les textes primitifs by Philippe du Contant de la Molette (in French), Footnote, page 56:

Saint Clement of Alexandria, Philo, and the Suda also say that moy means “water” in Egyptian

(Ancient) Egyptian (extinct Afroasiatic language)


romeno

Based on Romanian român, itself from Latin romānus, whence also Italian romano (“Roman”).


gaelico

it-adj

gaelico (feminine gaelica, masculine plural gaelici, feminine plural gaeliche)

gaelica (feminine)
gaelici (masculine plural)
gaeliche (feminine plural)


gallego

Borrowed from Spanish gallego and Portuguese galego, from Latin Gallaecus.


etiopico

Borrowed from Latin aethiopicus, from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπικός (Aithiopikós). By surface analysis, Etiopia + -ico.


tibetano

tibetano (feminine tibetana, masculine plural tibetani, feminine plural tibetane)

tibetana (feminine)
tibetani (masculine plural)
tibetane (feminine plural)


tibetano

it-noun

tibetano m (plural tibetani, feminine tibetana)


bielorusso

Compare Russian белору́сский (belorússkij).

cog

белору́сский


capoverdiano

it-adj

capoverdiano (feminine capoverdiana, masculine plural capoverdiani, feminine plural capoverdiane)

capoverdiana (feminine)
capoverdiani (masculine plural)
capoverdiane (feminine plural)


capoverdiano

it-noun

capoverdiano m (plural capoverdiani, feminine capoverdiana)

capoverdiani (plural)
capoverdiana (feminine)


bretone

From Latin Brittōnem (“Briton; Breton”).


azteco

Borrowed from Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlan”).


etrusco

From Latin Etruscus (“Estruscan”), from Etruria (“Etruria”).


castigliano

From Castiglia + -ano, or borrowed from Spanish castellano, from Latin castellanus. Doublet of castellano.


norreno

From Old Norse norrœnn, norðrœnn (“northern”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz.


vallone

Borrowed from French wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).


anglo-normanno

Anglo-Norman (language spoken in England after 1066)


sardo campidanese

Campidanese Sardinian
Campidanese Sardinian


dalmatico

it-adj

dalmatico (feminine dalmatica, masculine plural dalmatici, feminine plural dalmatiche)

dalmatica (feminine)
dalmatici (masculine plural)
dalmatiche (feminine plural)


osseto

it-noun

osseto m (plural osseti, feminine osseta)


siriaco

Borrowed from Latin Syriăcus, from Ancient Greek συριακός (suriakós), from Συρία (Suría).


ugaritico

it-adj

ugaritico (feminine ugaritica, masculine plural ugaritici, feminine plural ugaritiche)

ugaritica (feminine)
ugaritici (masculine plural)
ugaritiche (feminine plural)


canarese

(relational) Kannada (a language of Southern India)


mocheno

Coined by Italian and Ladino neighbors, from Mòcheno mòchen (“to make”), referring to the language's use of compound predicates.


iacuto

it-noun

iacuto m (plural iacuti, feminine iacuta)

(uncountable) Yakut (Turkic language spoken in Siberia)


annamitico

From annamit(a) (“Annamite”) + -ico (“-ic”).


udmurto

Borrowed from Russian удму́рт (udmúrt), from Udmurt удмурт (udmurt).


votiaco

Synonym of udmurto (“the Udmurt language”)


panfilio

it-adj

panfilio (feminine panfilia, masculine plural panfili, feminine plural panfilie)

panfilia (feminine)
panfili (masculine plural)
panfilie (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin Pamphylius, from Ancient Greek παμφύλιος (pamphúlios).

Pamphylian (of or relating to Pamphylia)


arabo egiziano

Anticamente in alcuni villaggi interni della Siria le donne […] usavano un singolare ornamento fatto di un nastro di stoffa nera, intorno il quale erano disposti pendagli di argento, con decorazioni di piccoli dischi e di monete. […] Si chiama in arabo siriaco ḫuśḫuś, e in arabo egiziano śuḫśuḫ

1884, Giuseppe Angelo Colini, chapter V, in Cronaca del museo preistorico ed etnografico di Roma, Rome: Stabilimento Giuseppe Civelli, page 39:

In ancient times, in some villages of inner Syria, women […] would use a peculiar ornament made of a ribbon of black fabric, around which silver pendants, with decorations of small discs and coins, were placed. […] It is called ḫuśḫuś in Syrian Arabic, and śuḫśuḫ in Egyptian Arabic

Anche il lat. capsus è passato all’arabo egiziano col senso di «gabbia nella quale si mettono i datteri».

early 20ᵗʰ century, Giulio Bertoni, “Intorno alle voci centenarium e sappinus e ai loro succedanei”, in Ricerche linguistiche varie, footnote 1, page 9; collected in Atti e memorie della R. Deputazione di storia patria per le province modenesi, volume 9, Modena: Società tipografica modenese, 1918:

Latin capsus also went over to Egyptian Arabic with the meaning of “cage in which date fruits are put”.

un esempio molto interessante, che descrive l’arabo egiziano (cairota) contrastivamente rispetto all’arabo standard, […]

2018 March, “L’insegnamento dell’arabo - Modelli didattici”, in Giuliano Lancioni, Cristina Solimando, editor, Didattica dell’arabo e certificazione linguistica: riflessioni e iniziative, Rome: RomaTre Press, →ISBN, 3.1. Modello tradizionale, footnote 17, page 24:

a very interesting example, which describes Egyptian Arabic (Cairene) as opposed to Standard Arabic, […]

dialect continuum
dialect continuum#English

Egyptian Arabic (dialect continuum of modern Arabic spoken in Egypt)


silotese

From Sylheti ꠍꠤꠟꠐ (síloṭo) or Bengali সিলট (śiloṭ) + -ese. Surface analysis Sylhet + -ese.