astla
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- astula (with reinsertion of /ŭ/)
Etymology edit
From Classical assula, with syncope and epenthesis of /t/. Attested in an inscription (CIL 6, 4444).
Noun edit
astla f (genitive astlae); first declension (Late Latin)
- Alternative form of assula (“splinter”)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Late Latin: ascla
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Insular Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Piedmontese: as-cia
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “assŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 571