frondia
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Collective noun based on the neuter plural of frondeus (“leafy”), likely inspired by folia (originally "leaves", but often found as a collective meaning "foliage" in Late Latin). Attested in the Vetus Itala[1] and also a late gloss.[2]
Noun[edit]
frondia n pl (Late Latin)
Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: fronza (archaic)
- Insular Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Lorrain: frogne
- North Italian:
- Ligurian: [ˈfruŋʃa]
- Ibero-Romance:
References[edit]
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “fronda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 963
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “frondia”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 263
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “frons, -dis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 818
- ^ Georg Getz, Carl Gustav Löwe, Wilhelm C. Heraeus (1894) Corpus glossariorum Latinorum: Placidus Liber glossarum, glossaria reliqua[1], volume V, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner Verlag, page 495: “Comat ornat frondia”