Reconstruction:Latin/arbuscellum

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

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Etymology

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From Late Latin arbusculum m (little tree) +‎ -lum (diminutive ending), hence a double-diminutive like *rāmuscellum or *rīvuscellum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*arbuscellum m (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. little tree

Reconstruction notes

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The French form gained its second /r/ from arbre (tree).

Declension

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singular plural
nominative */arbosˈcɛllos/ */arbosˈcɛlli/
oblique */arbosˈcɛllu/ */arbosˈcɛllos/

Descendants

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