Reconstruction:Latin/pavorosum

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

From pavōr- (“fear”, noun) +‎ -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paβoˈrosu/

Adjective

*pavōrōsum (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. fearful

   Synonym: *metōrōsum

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: pauroso
  • Neapolitan: pavoruso, pauruso
  • Sicilian: pavurusu, pagurusu (Calabria)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: paoros
    • Catalan: paorós
  • Old French: peoros
    • French: peureux
  • Old Occitan: paoros
    • Occitan: paurós
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Navarro-Aragonese: pavoroso (Glosas Emilianenses)
    • Aragonese: pavoroso
  • Portuguese: pavoroso
  • Spanish: pavoroso

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 726: “pauroso” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• 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