Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Latin racēmus. The reason for the vowel discrepancy is unclear. Attested in the second half of the sixth century in the works of Gregory the Great and in various glosses thereafter.[1]

Noun edit

racīmus m (genitive racīmī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. Alternative form of racēmus

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative racīmus racīmī
Genitive racīmī racīmōrum
Dative racīmō racīmīs
Accusative racīmum racīmōs
Ablative racīmō racīmīs
Vocative racīme racīmī

Descendants edit

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: racimolo
    • Neapolitan: racimo (Abruzzo)
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: raïm
    • Old French: raisin (see there for further descendants)
    • Occitan: rasim
  • Ibero-Romance:

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “racimo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 746