Reconstruction:Latin/levius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of Latin levis. First attested in Old Occitan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
*levius (feminine *levia, neuter *levium); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)
- light (in weight)
Reconstruction notes[edit]
Took on the sense of "cork" throughout most of Gallo-Romance. Original sense of "light" survives in other branches of Romance as well as Gascon.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Gallo-Romance (all meaning "cork"):
- Occitano-Romance:
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*levius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 291