Reconstruction:Latin/nittus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Latin nitidus via an early syncope of the unstressed /ĭ/ and assimilation of the resulting /dt/ to /tt/.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*nittus (feminine *nitta, neuter *nittum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
References edit
- Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈnɪtid-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĭtĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 147