List of English words of Etruscan origin
- List of English words of Etruscan origin
This is a list of English words that may be of Etruscan origin, and were borrowed through Latin, often via French. The Etruscan origin of many of these words is disputed, and some may be of Indo-European or other origin.
; antenna : ; arena : from "harena", 'sand'; autumn :; belt : from "balteus", 'sword belt'; catamite : from "catmite"; ceremony :; defenestration :; element : from "elementum", 'letter'; fenestra :; histrionic : from "histrionicus", from "histrio", "actor"; ides :; ludicrous; mantissa :; market :; military :; mundane : from "mundus", 'earth', from "munth", 'land' ; palace :; palate :; people :; person : from "phersu", 'mask'; pontifex : dubious, likely 'ponti-fex' from Latin "pons", 'bridge, path' and "fex", 'maker'; satellite : from "satnal", 'attendant'; scurrilous :; sentinel : from "satnal", 'attendant'; Serge (first name); serve : from "servus", 'a slave'; spurious :; : from "stilus" (indirectly); stylus : from "stilus"; vernacular : from "vernaculus", 'domestic', from "verna", 'a native slave'; viburnum
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