Reconstruction:Latin/aetaticum
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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]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*aetāticum m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
Reconstruction notes[edit]
Attested in Old French from ca. 1100 as edage (Song of Roland)[1] and Old Franco-Provençal from the thirteenth century as eajo (Li Via seiti Biatrix).[2] Originated in the north, where it competed with and eventually displaced the descendants of Latin aetātem (> Old French eé), possibly due to severe phonetic attrition in the latter. Failed to penetrate south in the early Gallo-Roman period, judging by the absence of *edatge from Occitan and Catalan, which have instead retained Latin aetātem (> edat). Both later borrowed the French word as atge.
The expected gender of nouns with this suffix in Gallo-Romance is masculine. The variable gender of Old French eage m or f may be due to contamination with the aforementioned synonym eé f.
Declension[edit]
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | */eˈdadjos/ | */eˈdadjo/ |
| oblique | */eˈdadjo/ | */eˈdadjos/ |
Descendants[edit]
- Old Franco-Provençal: eajo
- Old French: edage, eage, aage m or f (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “aetas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 237
- ^ “âge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ http://www.arpitan.eu/Tresor/VereTot/27574