Reconstruction:Latin/leviarium
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From *levius (“light”) + -ārius (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*leviārium (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
- light (in weight)
Reconstruction notes edit
Attested in French from ca. 1100 (Song of Roland)[1] and Catalan from ca. 1280 (Fèlix o Llibre de meravelles).[2]
Descendants edit
- Old Catalan: leuger
- Catalan: lleuger
- Franco-Provençal: legiér, lergiér, lezhi, légé, lèrdji, lèrdjê, lindzè
- Old French: legier (see there for further descendants)
- Gascon: leugèr, leuger, laugèr, laugèr, logèr, louger, liuger, leugeir, liugèir
- Occitan: leugièr (see there for regional forms)
- >? Piedmontese: linger, lgé (if not borrowed from French)
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*leviarius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 287
- ^ “léger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ “lleuger” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.