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Terrone (Italian pronunciation: [terˈroːne]; plural terroni, feminine terrona) [a] is an epithet of the Italian language with which the inhabitants of Northern and Central Italy depreciatively or jokingly indicate the inhabitants of Southern Italy.
An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's , will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology.
"The Etymology of 'Yankee'", Studies in English Philology in Honor of Frederick Klaeber, (1929) pp 403–13. Mathews, Mitford M. A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles (1951) pp 1896 ff for elaborate detail; Mencken, H. L. The American Language (1919, 1921) The Merriam-Webster new book of word histories (1991) Oxford English ...
This is a list of common nouns, used in the English language, whose etymology goes back to the name of some, often historical or archaic, ethnic or religious group, but whose current meaning has lost that connotation and does not imply any actual ethnicity or religion. Several of these terms are derogatory or insulting.
Celestial (Australia) Chinese people, used in the late 1900s, a reference to their coming from the "Celestial Empire" (i.e. China).Charlie (US) A term used by American troops during the Vietnam War as a shorthand for communist guerrillas: it was shortened from "Victor Charlie", the radio code designation for the Viet Cong, or VC.
Polenta porridge with lentils (bottom) and cotechino sausage (top). Polentone (Italian pronunciation: [polenˈtone]; plural polentoni, feminine polentona) is an epithet of the Italian language originally coined with a joking connotation [1] [2] to indicate a great polenta eater and, subsequently, used by the inhabitants of Southern Italy to indicate the inhabitants of Northern Italy in a ...
Online Etymology Dictionary. Auguste Brachet, An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Third Edition; Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales; Dictionary.com. Diez, An Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages
Possible Brittonic etymology OED etymology Type ass: Old British *assin or Old Irish *assan, [3] but more likely from Irish. [4] [3] Celtic (OED1) historic (widely used in the Bible instead of donkey) bannock: Etymologised by the OED as from Gaelic bannach, ? < Latin pānicium < pānis bread. [5] But possibly Old Brittonic *bannoc. [6] Gaelic ...