Loggia
/ˈlɒdʒə/noun
An open-sided gallery or covered exterior corridor, often on the side of a building.
Did you know?Loggia comes through Italian from a Germanic root meaning a covered place or hut, the same ancient family that also gave English words like lodge and loft.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*laubjǭ / *laubja-
“a shelter, hut, or enclosed covering”
Old High German
OHG
louba
“a covered place, shelter”
Medieval Latin
Latin
logia
“a gallery or covered arcade”
14th Century
Italian
loggia
“a covered gallery, porch, or arcade”
16th Century
English
loggia
“an open gallery or arcade attached to a building”