aviola

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From avia (“grandmother”) +‎ -ola (diminutive ending). Attested in the year 711 CE.^[1]

Noun edit

aviola f (genitive aviolae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

grandmother

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aviola	aviolae
Genitive	aviolae	aviolārum
Dative	aviolae	aviolīs
Accusative	aviolam	aviolās
Ablative	aviolā	aviolīs
Vocative	aviola	aviolae

Descendants edit

Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: aiuele
  - Middle French: ayeulle
    - French: aïeule
- Occitan: aujòla
Ibero-Romance: (via a depalatalized variant */aˈβɔːla/)
- Aragonese: agüela
- Asturian: güela, buela
- Old Galician-Portuguese: avoa
  - Galician: avoa
  - Portuguese: avó
- Spanish: abuela (see there for further descendants)
Vulgar Latin: *aviolum (“grandfather”) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*aviŏla; *aviŏlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1233

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=aviola&oldid=78129752"