Italianified

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Given an Italian character, flavor, or style, as when a place, product, or custom has been adapted to resemble Italy
2. Converted into something with the manner, language, or cultural traits of Italy, often by adopting Italian customs or features
3. Having been reshaped to look, sound, or feel Italian, whether in food, architecture, speech, or everyday habits

Etymology: "Italianified" is a straightforward English formation: the adjective "Italian" plus the verb-forming suffix "-ify," which comes via Old French "-ifier" from Latin "-ificare," a combining form meaning "to make." The pattern is the same as in "glorify" or "simplify," and it lets English turn a noun or adjective into a verb meaning "to make into" that thing. Adding the past-participle ending "-ed" gives the adjectival sense of something that has been made Italian in style or character. The base word "Italian" came into English in the mid-16th century, borrowed from Italian "italiano," which descends from Latin "Italianus," derived from "Italia," the Latin name for the peninsula. The name itself is of uncertain ultimate origin, and it does not carry the same sense as the English suffix pairing. Because "-ify" was productive in English long before "Italianify" appeared, the word needed no single coiner or moment of invention. Its date of first recorded use is not something I can confirm.