Reconstruction:Latin/arbuscellum

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This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

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Etymology

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From Late Latin arbusculum m (little tree) +‎ -lum (diminutive ending), hence a double-diminutive like *rāmuscellum or *rīvuscellum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*arbuscellum m (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. little tree

Reconstruction notes

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The French form gained its second /r/ from arbre (tree).

Declension

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singular plural
nominative */arbosˈcɛllos/ */arbosˈcɛlli/
oblique */arbosˈcɛllu/ */arbosˈcɛllos/

Descendants

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References

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