Etruscan
pronunciation
How to pronounce Etruscan in British English:
UK [ɪ'trʌskən]
How to pronounce Etruscan in American English:
US [ɪ'trʌskən]
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- Noun:
- a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)
Word Origin
- Etruscan (n.)
- 1706, from Latin Etruscus "an Etruscan," from Etruria, ancient name of Tuscany, of uncertain origin but containing an element that might mean "water" (see Basque) and which could be a reference to the rivers in the region.
Example
- 1. The everyday etruscan alphabet is different , however .
- 2. Pictured is the wheel of the etruscan chariot ( ca. 530 bc )
- 3. Rome may not have been an etruscan town but the roman kings were etruscans .
- 4. Meroitic words can therefore be " read " , like etruscan words .
- 5. One of the last known speakers of the etruscan language was the learned emperor claudius who wrote a dictionary now lost .