Reconstruction:Latin/levius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Alteration of Latin levis. First attested in Old Occitan.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*levius (feminine *levia, neuter *levium); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)
- light (in weight)
Reconstruction notes edit
Took 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 edit
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Gallo-Romance (all meaning "cork"):
- Occitano-Romance:
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*levius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 291