falvus

Latin

Alternative forms

• falbus

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *falwaz. Attested from the ninth century CE.

Adjective

falvus (feminine falva, neuter falvum); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)

1. dun (colour)

Derived terms

• *falvarius

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: falu
  • Italian: falbo (archaic)
  • Neapolitan: falbo (Capitanata)
  • Sicilian: falbu
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: falb
  • French: fauve
  • Gascon: haube, faube
  • Occitan: falbe
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: fouvo