Translation
Italian
Word origin
From Italia, the Latin and Italian name of Italy. The adjective is the base form here: an Italian person is italo, the country Italio, and the language la itala lingvo or simply la itala.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- Italia
- English cognates
- Italy, italic
Examples
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I am learning the Italian language.
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We ate in an Italian restaurant.
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She is reading an Italian novel.
Nationality words come in two families: for italo the PERSON is the root (Italio = land of the italoj), while for o the LAND is older. Either way the language is just the adjective with : , like angla and franca.
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