Reconstruction:Latin/coleutus

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

Etymology

From cōleus (“testicle”) +‎ -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix). Cf. Vulgar Latin *barbūtus ⇔ Classical Latin barbātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlʲutʊs/

Adjective

*cōleūtus (feminine *cōleūta, neuter *cōleūtum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)

1. Alternative form of cōleātus (“betesticled, not castrated”)

Related terms

• cōleō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Sicilian: cugliutu (obsolete)
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: cozudu, colludu
    • → Italian: cogliuto
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: coillu
    • Middle French: couillu
      • French: couillu
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: collut
  • Occitan: colhut
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: colludo
  • Portuguese: colhudo
  • Spanish: cojudo

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cojón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 131