Reconstruction:Latin/certanus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
*certānus (feminine *certāna, neuter *certānum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Descendants[edit]
- Dalmatian:
- >? certain
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: certano (archaic)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: certà
- Old French: certain, chertain (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan: certan
- Ibero-Romance:
References[edit]
- “certain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “certus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 612