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- ...i/Albertus_Magnus Albertus Magnus], a1255), whence also French ''spiral'', Italian ''spirale'', Spanish ''espiral''.1 KB (143 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
- Italian ''caricatura'', [[literally]], [[act]] of loading, from ''caricare'' to loa The term is derived from the Italian ''caricare''—to charge or load. An early [[definition]] occurs in the Eng3 KB (406 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
- Middle French, from northern Italian dial. form of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany Tuscan] artigiano, fr An '''artisan''' (from Italian: artigiano) is a [[skilled]] manual [[worker]] who makes items that may be3 KB (389 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
- French ''façade'', from Italian ''facciata'', from ''faccia'' [[face]], from Vulgar Latin ''facia''1,019 bytes (140 words) - 00:16, 13 December 2020
- ...LISH_PERIOD Middle English] brigaunt, from Middle French brigand, from Old Italian brigante, from brigare to fight, from briga strife, of [https://en.wikipedi ...to derive his [[name]] from the Old French brigan, which is a form of the Italian brigante, an irregular or partisan [[soldier]]. There can be no [[doubt]] a3 KB (444 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
- Italian ''grotta'', ''grotto'', from [[Latin]] ''crypta'' [[cavern]], crypt The word comes from Italian ''grotta'', Vulgar Latin ''grupta'', Latin ''crypta'', (a crypt). It is rel4 KB (683 words) - 23:55, 12 December 2020
- Italian caravana, from Persian kārvān1,008 bytes (145 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
- ...ther European form, older than divan, and apparently directly < Arabic, is Italian dovana, doana, now dogana, French douane (in 15th cent. douwaine), custom-h3 KB (469 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
- Middle French piedestal, from Old Italian piedestallo, from pie di stallo foot of a stall The architects of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance Italian revival], however, conceived the [[idea]] that no order was complete withou3 KB (423 words) - 02:36, 13 December 2020
- French ''népotisme'', from Italian ''nepotismo'', from ''nepote'' nephew, from [[Latin]] ''nepot''-, ''nepos'' The term comes from Italian word ''nepotismo'', which is based on Latin root ''nepos'' meaning nephew.3 KB (452 words) - 01:27, 13 December 2020
- ...nglish], from Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca, [[literally]], bench, of Germanic origin; akin to [https://nordan.da3 KB (472 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
- Italian ''ciarlatano'', alteration of ''cerretano'', [[literally]], inhabitant of [ ..., a chatterbox. Ultimately, etymologists trace "charlatan" from either the Italian ''ciarlare'', to prattle; or from ''Cerretano'', a resident of Cerreto, a v3 KB (494 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
- French ''carrousel'', from Italian ''carosello'' A '''carousel''' (from French ''carrousel'', from Italian ''carosello''), or '''merry-go-round''', is an amusement ride consisting of3 KB (426 words) - 23:41, 12 December 2020
- ...'' to sway, stagger, totter, etc., whence also French ''vaciller'' (1314), Italian ''vacillare'', Portuguese ''vacillar'', Spanish ''vacilar''1 KB (172 words) - 02:42, 13 December 2020
- Middle French ''sentinelle'', from Old Italian ''sentinella'', from ''sentina'' [[vigilance]], from ''sentire'' to [[perce1 KB (158 words) - 01:55, 13 December 2020
- Italian, plural of ''confetto'' sweetmeat, from Medieval Latin ''confectum'', from ...The origins are from the Latin ''confectum'', with confetti the plural of Italian confetto, small sweet. Modern paper confetti traces back to symbolic [[ritu3 KB (458 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
- ...ʃən), was the leading painter of the 16th-century Venetian school of the [[Italian Renaissance]]. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno (in Veneto), in ...[[color]], would exercise a profound influence not only on painters of the Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Western art.6 KB (849 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
- ...gh-born, [[noble]] (modern French ''gentil'' elegant. Spanish ''gentil'' , Italian ''gentile'' < Latin ''gentīlis'' belonging to the same ''gens'' or [[race]2 KB (262 words) - 00:17, 13 December 2020
- ...n Film Scripts Online'', ''Diderot's Encyclopédie'', ''English Poetry'', ''Italian Women Writers'', the ''Patrologia Latina Database'', ''North American Women1 KB (195 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
- Italian scopo aim, [[purpose]], < [[Greek]] σκοπός mark for shooting at, aim1 KB (188 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020