Reconstruction:Latin/boscaticum

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 edit

Etymology edit

From boscus (bush) +‎ -āticum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*boscāticum m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. woodland, shrubbery

Reconstruction notes edit

Attested in Old French from ca. 1140 as boscage (Estoire des Engleis)[1] and in Old Catalan from ca. 1270 as boscatge (Llibre del gentil e dels tres savis).[2]

Declension edit

singular plural
nominative */bosˈkadjos/ */bosˈkadjo/
oblique */bosˈkadjo/ */bosˈkadjos/

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: boscatge
  • Old French: boschage, boscage (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: boschatge

References edit

  1. ^ bocage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “boscatge” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.