Reconstruction:Latin/usitilium
Latin
editEtymology
editModification of Classical ūtēnsilia, evidently reshaped after ūsō (“use”, verb), but the reason for the change in the initial vowel remains unclear.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*usitilium n (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editPer the etymology, the plural form would have come first, with the singular resulting from a back-formation.
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | */oseˈteʎʎu/ | */oseˈteʎʎa/ |
oblique | */oseˈteʎʎu/ | */oseˈteʎʎa/ |
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance: m
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ūtēnsĭlia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 88