Reconstruction:Latin/arbuscellum
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin arbusculum m (“little tree”) + -lum (diminutive ending), hence a double-diminutive like *rāmuscellum or *rīvuscellum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*arbuscellum m (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- little tree
Reconstruction notes
editThe French form gained its second /r/ from arbre (“tree”).
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | */arbosˈcɛllos/ | */arbosˈcɛlli/ |
oblique | */arbosˈcɛllu/ | */arbosˈcɛllos/ |
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: arboscello
- Gallo-Romance: arbriscellus (8th c., Reichenau Glossary)
- Old French: arbroisel, arbrissel, aibrisel, arbrisseau
- Middle French: arbriscel, arbrisseau, arbresseal
- French: arbrisseau
- Middle French: arbriscel, arbrisseau, arbresseal
- Old French: arbroisel, arbrissel, aibrisel, arbrisseau
- Occitano-Romance:
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*arbŭscellum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 91