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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*vīsāticum m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. appearance, face

Reconstruction notes

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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

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

Descendants

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

References

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  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.