Reconstruction:Latin/coleutus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom cōleus (“testicle”) + -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix). Cf. Vulgar Latin *barbūtus ⇔ Classical Latin barbātus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit*cōleūtus (feminine *cōleūta, neuter *cōleūtum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)
- Alternative form of cōleātus (“betesticled, not castrated”)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- Sicilian: cugliutu (obsolete)
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: cozudu, colludu (Campidanese)
- → Italian: cogliuto
- Sardinian: cozudu, colludu (Campidanese)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
edit- 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