Reconstruction:Latin/lausa

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *lausā, from Proto-Celtic *lausā (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯.sa/, [ˈɫ̪äu̯s̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯.sa/, [ˈläːu̯sä]

Noun

*lausa f (oblique *lausam); first declension

1. (Vulgar Latin) flagstone

Inflection

First declension.

Italo-Western declension of *lausa
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*láúsa	*láúsę
genitive	*láúsę	*lausárọ
dative	*láúsę	*láúsis
accusative-ablative	*láúsã	*láúsas

Descendants

• Old French: *lose
  • Middle French: louze, lose, loze
  • Old French: losenge, loseigne, losinge, lozenge
    • Middle French: losange, losenge, lozenge
      • French: losange
        • → Portuguese: losango
    • → English: lozenge
    • → Italian: losanga
    • → Old Occitan: lausange
      • Catalan: llosange
      • Occitan: lausange
    • → Spanish: losanje
• Old Occitan: lausa
  • Catalan: llosa
  • Occitan: lausa
  • → French: lauze
  • → Portuguese: lousa, loisa
  • → Spanish: losa