Latin

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Etymology

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From villus (hair, tuft) +‎ -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix). Attested in a gloss from the seventh century CE.[1]

Adjective

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villūtus (feminine villūta, neuter villūtum); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. shaggy, hairy

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative villūtus villūta villūtum villūtī villūtae villūta
Genitive villūtī villūtae villūtī villūtōrum villūtārum villūtōrum
Dative villūtō villūtō villūtīs
Accusative villūtum villūtam villūtum villūtōs villūtās villūta
Ablative villūtō villūtā villūtō villūtīs
Vocative villūte villūta villūtum villūtī villūtae villūta

Descendants

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  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: velluto
      Gombitelli: vejuto
      Old Lucchese: vigliuto
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĭllūtus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 459