falvus

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

falbus

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *falwaz. Attested from the ninth century CE.^[1]

Adjective edit

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

dun (colour)

Derived terms edit

*falvarius

Descendants edit

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

References edit

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*falwa-”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 108

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