Reconstruction:Latin/levius

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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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Alteration of Latin levis. First attested in Old Occitan.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*levius (feminine *levia, neuter *levium); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)

  1. light (in weight)

Reconstruction notes

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Took on the sense of "cork" throughout most of Gallo-Romance. Original sense of "light" survives in other branches of Romance as well as Gascon.

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