Reconstruction:Latin/cruppus

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“bunch; group; lump”). Eventually attested in Renaissance Latin as grupus, gruppus; by this point, a borrowing from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkroppo/

Noun

*cruppus m (oblique *cruppum); second declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. group; bunch

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈkroppos/	*/ˈkroppi/
oblique	*/ˈkroppu/	*/ˈkroppos/

Descendants

• Italian: gruppo, groppo (see there for further descendants)
• Sicilian: gruppu