Where does “Petrarchan” come from?

Petrarchan derives from English Petrarch, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -anus, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os, a masculine singular nominative suffix.

Petrarchan (English): Of or relating to Francesco Petrarch, a renowned...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to Francesco Petrarch, a renowned...

Ancestry of “Petrarchan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPetrarchFrancesco Petrarca (1304–1374), Italian scholar and poet
2LatinPetrarcha—
3ItalianPetrarcaPetrarch

Words derived from “Petrarchan”

Every word from Italian Petrarca →Every word from Latin Petrarcha →Every word from English Petrarch →