Etymograph

English

palazzo

Palazzo comes from Italian palazzo ‘a royal palace’, and goes back to Latin palātium.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātium1‘palace, large residence’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentpalazzo1‘a royal palace’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1831palazzo1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English palazzo
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality. […]: “Cecil Spenser's society—who soon shewed he could understand and…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātiumWiktionary, English palazzo‘palace, large residence’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentpalazzoWiktionary, English palazzo‘a royal palace’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1831palazzoWiktionary, English palazzo. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality. […]: “Cecil Spenser's society—who soon shewed he could understand and…”

Linked words

through Latin palātium ‘palace, large residence’

palace, paladin, palatine, palatial, palatinate

Today it means

noun A large, palatial urban building in Italy.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “palazzo”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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