List of English words of Etruscan origin
This is a list of
English words that are thought to have their origin in
Etruscan and were borrowed through
Latin, often via
French. Not all of these words have been demonstrated to be of Etruscan origin, and some may be Indo-European or from another source.
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antenna :
arena : from harena, 'sand';
autumn :
belt : from balteus, 'sword belt';
Caesarceremony;
element : from
elementum, 'letter'
fenestra :;
histrionic : from
histrionicus, from
histrio, "actor"
ides :;
letter :
mantissa :;
palate :
people :;
person : from
phersu, 'mask'
satellite : from satnal, 'attendant';
sentinel : from
satnal, 'attendant'
serve : from servus, "a slave"; spurious :
style: from stilus (indirectly);
stylus : from
stilusvernacular : from vernaculus, "domestic", from verna, "a native slave"
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