Reconstruction:Latin/bellitatem

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bellus (pretty, beautiful) +‎ -tās (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*bellitātem f (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. beauty
    Synonym: *bellitia

Reconstruction notes[edit]

Attested in Old French from ca. 1100 as beltet (Song of Roland)[1] and in Old Catalan from ca. 1290 as beutat (Llibre de santa Maria).[2]

Declension[edit]

singular plural
nominative */belˈtaːt͡s/? */belˈtaːt͡s/
oblique */belˈtaːt/ */belˈtaːt͡s/

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: beltat, beutat
  • Franco-Provençal: biotât, byoutâ
  • Old French: biauté, bealté, belté, beauté (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: beltat, beutat (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ beauté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “beutat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.