Reconstruction:Latin/pulvus

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

Reassignment of the Classical pulvis m to the neuter gender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊlβʊs/

Noun

*pulvus n (plural pulvera) (Proto-Romance)

1. dust, powder

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: pous ⇒ pousiere
    • French: poussière
      • Haitian Creole: pousyè
    • Norman: poussière
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: pols ⇒ polsera
  • Gascon: pov ⇒ povas (Comenges)
  • Occitan:

    Languedocien: pols, polsa

    Provençal: poussa

    Vivaro-Alpine: pòussa

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: polvu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: poo (with loss of /β/ preceding loss of /l/)
    • Galician: po
    • Portuguese: pó (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: polvos
    • Spanish: polvo

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “polvo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 599
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pŭlvis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 570