Reconstruction:Latin/fragula

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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 frāga +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*frāgula f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. strawberry

Reconstruction notes[edit]

The lack of syncope suggests this is a relatively late formation.

Italian descendants were borrowed into local Medieval Latin as frāgula (attested from 1295).[1][2]

Declension[edit]

singular plural
nominative */ˈfraɡola/ */ˈfraɡolas/
oblique */ˈfraɡola/ */ˈfraɡolas/

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ fragula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  2. ^ http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/88/159345