Where does “italian” come from?
italian (Romanian) comes from Italian italiano, from Latin Italiānus, from Latin Ītalia, from Ancient Greek Ἰταλία, from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 — land of bulls; land of young cattle.
italian (Romanian): Italian; an Italian man
Ancestry of “italian”, step by step
Words derived from “italian”