Reconstruction:Latin/levius
Latin
editEtymology
editAlteration of Latin levis. First attested in Old Occitan.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit*levius (feminine *levia, neuter *levium); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)
- light (in weight)
Reconstruction notes
editTook on the sense of "cork" throughout most of Gallo-Romance. Original sense of "light" survives in other branches of Romance as well as Gascon.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Gallo-Romance (all meaning "cork"):
- Occitano-Romance:
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*levius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 291