Reconstruction:Latin/flotum
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Possible merger of Frankish borrowings *flōd (“river, flood”) and *flota (“flux, streaming flow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*flotum (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
Reconstruction notes edit
As also with *orgollium, Germanic /ō/ had an open quality and was borrowed into Romance as /ɔ/.
Attested in French from ca. 1140 (Estoire des Engleis).[1]
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | */ˈflɔt͡s/ | */ˈflɔt/ |
oblique | */ˈflɔt/ | */ˈflɔt͡s/ |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ “flot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.