Reconstruction:Latin/versoria

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 edit

Etymology edit

From the plural of *versōrium (reinterpreted as a feminine singular), comprised of versus (“swept”) +‎ -ōrium (instrumental noun-forming suffix). The base verb verrō (“sweep”) also survives in Ibero-Romance. For a similar formation, cf. Late Latin rāsōrium.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /βaˈsoi̯ra/

Noun edit

*versōria f (plural *versōriās) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

broom (for sweeping)

Related terms edit

*versūra (“sweepings, rubbish”)

Descendants edit

Old Galician-Portuguese: vassoyra
- Galician: vasoira, vasoura
- Portuguese: vassoura, vassoira; vassoyra; bassoura; bassoira
  - Macanese: vassôra
  - Papiamentu: basora

References edit

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “basura”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 539