Crossword clues for tedesco
tedesco
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tedesco \Te*des"co\, a.; pl. Tedeschi. [It., of Germanic origin. See Dutch.] German; -- used chiefly of art, literature, etc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"Teutonic influence in the arts," 1874 in this form, from Italian, literally "German," from Medieval Latin theodiscus (see Dutch). Compare Old French tiois "a German," tiesche (adj.) "German."
Wikipedia
Tedesco ( Italian for German) may refer to:
- Tedesco (surname)
- Fondaco dei Tedeschi, headquarters and restricted living quarters of the German merchant population in Venice
- Uva Tedesco, synonym for the Italian wine grape Marzemino
Tedesco (or Todesca, plural Tedeschi) is an Italian word for " German". Etymologically, it derives from Theodiscus, sharing the same root of German " Deutsch". Both Tedesco and Tedeschi are common surnames among Italians (both in Italy and in the diaspora), The surname and its variants means someone from Germany. The surname is also listed as commonly Jewish surnames in Italy. Paul Johnson notes that the 'Natione Tedesca' described Jews of German origin, being among the three Jewish ethnic divisions resident in mid-16th-century Venice.
Usage examples of "tedesco".
Carpenter wondered where Tedesco, who was supposed to be representing him on behalf of Samurai Industries, was.
Dunsmuir, half an hour later, Carpenter put in a call to Tedesco at the Samurai number he had been given.
I gave you Alongi, and you spoke to her before coming here, all over Tedesco and his sidekick muscling one of your friends.
Lou some considerable bread, instead of just throwing you out on your ass, DuPage and Tedesco get into a name-calling contest with each other.
Even among the Go-captains, whose thoughts were rarely on such matters, Tedesco was known for his raiment, the foppish arrangement of his mantle of office and his be-jeweled badges of authority.
So great was the pleasure that Tedesco had been plugged into the current for twenty hours without interruptiona manifest disobedience of the rule which set six hours as maximum pleasure.
The chairman of the lords of the Instrumentality sent out the Lord Admiral Tedesco to command the golden ship.
Lord Tedesco returned to his apartments and to the current for plugging into the centers of pleasure in his brain.
I come from the north, and there may be some tedesco blood in these veins.
Cieco and Tedesco smiled at him for the first time since their argument.
With Cieco, Baldinelli and Tedesco he took up the cartoon, which they held over the wet panel.
He studied the grinning faces of Jacopo, Tedesco and the two thirteen-year-olds.
Granacci, Bugiardini, Cieco, Baldinelli, Tedesco and Jacopo on one side of the coffin, while the son, brothers and brother-in-law stood on the other, and the friends came to say good-by.
He, Bugiardini and Sangallo slept in the room off the workshop, while Jacopo, Tedesco and Donnino slept in the room down the hall.
Michelangelo and Granacci walked ahead, Bugiardini and Sangallo just behind them, Tedesco, Jacopo and Donnino bringing up the rear.