köken: A blend of ciarlatore (“chatterer”) (see ciarlare (“to chatter”)) + cerretano (“hawker, quack”, literally “native of Cerreto”) (Cerreto di Spoleto being a village in Umbria, known for its quacks).
köken: Via German Scharlatan (“charlatan; quack”), from French charlatan (“charlatan; quack”), from Italian ciarlatano (“charlatan; quack”), a blend of ciarlatore (“chatterer”) + cerretano (“hawker, quack”, literally “native of Cerreto”).
köken: Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ludraz (“useless; worthless; bad”). Compare Old English loddere, Old High German lotar (“vain; void; insignificant”), Middle High German lotter. See also Czech lotr and Polish łotr.
köken: Borrowed from Arabic تَغْلِيط (taḡlīṭ), verbal noun of غَلَّطَ (ḡallaṭa, “to cause to err”). Connected to ღალატი (ɣalaṭi), which is from the same source.