Reconstruction:Latin/pectorina

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

Substantivization of the feminine of an adjective *pectorīnus, from pector- (“chest”, noun) +‎ -īnus (adjective-forming suffix).

An identically-formed adjective later appeared in modern scientific Latin (Leukoma pectorina, 1818).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pektoˈrina/

Noun

*pectorīna f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. chestpiece (?)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/pektoˈrina/	*/pektoˈrinas/
oblique	*/pektoˈrina/	*/pektoˈrinas/

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: pettorina
  • Sicilian: pitturina
• North Italian:
  • Ligurian: petoina, peitorina
  • Old Lombard: petorina
  • Old Venetian: pitturina
  • Piedmontese: petrina
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitan: peitrina, peitrena
  • Old French: poitrine, peitrine
    • French: poitrine
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: petrina
  • Old Spanish: petrina
    • Spanish: pretina

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pĕctŏrīnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 111