List of English words of Etruscan origin
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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.
- antenna
- april
- from Apru, the Etruscan name for Venus :, to whom the month was holy. Etruscan Apru in turn was borrowed from Greek Aphrodite.
- arena
- from harena, 'sand'
- autumn
- belt
- from balteus, 'sword belt'
- 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 stilus
- vernacular
- from vernaculus, "domestic", from verna, "a native slave"