Reconstruction:Latin/bellitatem
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From bellus (“pretty, beautiful”) + -tās (abstract noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*bellitātem f (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
Reconstruction notes edit
Attested in Old French from ca. 1100 as beltet (Song of Roland)[1] and in Old Catalan from ca. 1290 as beutat (Llibre de santa Maria).[2]
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | */belˈtaːt͡s/? | */belˈtaːt͡s/ |
oblique | */belˈtaːt/ | */belˈtaːt͡s/ |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: beltat, beutat
- Franco-Provençal: biotât, byoutâ
- Old French: biauté, bealté, belté, beauté (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: beltat, beutat (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ “beauté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ “beutat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.