Reconstruction:Latin/gemellicum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*gemellicus m (Proto-Romance)
- twin
- Synonym: *gemellīcium
Reconstruction notes edit
A fragile reconstruction due to the limited distribution in Romance. The Sardinian and Iberian forms might well represent independent developments. Still, there are known cases of extreme lexical 'shrinkage' like colober and scīre.
Descendants edit
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: gremeddicu, ameddigu, meddighe; ghermeddiche, cremeddicu, cremeddiche
- Ibero-Romance:
References edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “mellizo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 31
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*gemĕllicus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 277