desideus

This 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

Alternative forms

• *dēsedium

Etymology

Taking the place of the Latin dēsīderium (“desire”), with influence of dēsidia f (“inactivity; idleness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈsɪju/

Noun

*dēsidium n (genitive *dēsidiī); second declension

1. desire

Inflection

Second declension neuter.

Italo-Western declension of dēsidium
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*dẹsẹ́diọ	*dẹsẹ́dia
genitive	*dẹsẹ́dẹi	*dẹsẹdiọ́rọ
dative	*dẹsẹ́diọ	*dẹsẹ́dẹis
accusative-ablative	*dẹsẹ́diọ	*dẹsẹ́dia

Descendants

• Aragonese: deseyo
• Asturian: deséu
• Italian: desio, disio
• Old Galician-Portuguese: desejo
  • Galician: desexo
  • Portuguese: desejo
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: desig
  • Occitan: deseg
• Sicilian: disiu
• Spanish: deseo
  • Papiamentu: deseo

References

• Malkiel, Yakov (1982) “Between Monogenesis and Polygenesis”, in J. Peter Maher, Allan R. Bomhard, E.F.K. Koerner, editors, Papers from the Third International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Hamburg August 22–26 1977 (Current Issues in Lingustic Theory; 13), Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, pages 263–264