Reconstruction:Latin/expinctum
Latin
editEtymology
editPast participle of *expingere.
Pronunciation
editParticiple
edit*expinctus (feminine *expincta, neuter *expinctum); first/second-declension participle (Proto-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editThe feminine yielded several nouns in Romance.
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: ispinta, spinta (Campidanese)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
edit- “espenta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*expĭngĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 310