Reconstruction:Latin/siccaricius
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom siccus (“dry”) + -āricius.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit*siccāricius (feminine *siccāricia, neuter *siccāricium); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editSome descendants show an unexpected /i/, probably by analogy with the descendants of -īcius.
Descendants
edit- Gascon: sequerissa
- Italian: secchereccio, seccareccio, secchericcio
- Old French: secherece
- French: sécheresse
- Walloon: setchresse
- Old Occitan: secareza
- Sicilian: siccarizzu
References
edit- Thomas, Antoine. 1903. Le suffixe -aricius en français et en provençal. Romania 32. 194.