Reconstruction:Latin/visaticum

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 vīsus (appearance) +‎ -āticum (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*vīsāticum m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. appearance, face

Reconstruction notes edit

Attested in Old French as visage from ca. 1100 (Song of Roland)[1] and in Old Catalan as visatge from ca. 1270 (Llibre de contemplació en Déu).[2]

Declension edit

singular plural
nominative */viˈzadjos/ */viˈzadjo/
oblique */viˈzadjo/ */viˈzadjos/

Descendants edit

  • Old Catalan: visatge
  • Franco-Provençal: vesâjo
  • Old French: visage (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: vizatge (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ visage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “visatge” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.