The story
- Latin · derived fromcōnsilium“council”
- Italian · derived fromconsiglio“advice", counsel”
- Italian · borrowed fromconsigliere
- English todayconsigliere
Borrowed from Italian consigliere, from Italian consiglio (“advice", counsel”), from Latin cōnsilium (“council”). Entered the popular English lexicon through Mario Puzo's “Godfather” novels and the subsequent films made from them.
Words from the same roots
Latincōnsilium all →
councilcounsel
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.