Reconstruction:Latin/abismus
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Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin abyssus, with a suffix of uncertain provenance. Perhaps -ismus (borrowed from Greek) or -issimus, with a loss of the second /i/ and some kind of haplology, ending with a change in stress position.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*abīsmus m (Proto-Western-Romance)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | */aˈbismos/ | */aˈbismi/ |
oblique | */aˈbismu/ | */aˈbismos/ |
Descendants
edit- Occitano-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “abyssus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 64