Reconstruction:Latin/metorosum

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

Etymology

Derived from metus (“fear”, noun), with the ending copied from the synonymous *pavōrōsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /medoˈrozu/

Adjective

*metōrōsum (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. fearful

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: medoroso, mederoso
  • Galician: medroso
  • Portuguese: medroso
• Old Spanish: medroso
  • Spanish: medroso

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “medroso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 66