Reconstruction:Latin/crassia

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

From crassus~grassus (“fat”, adjective) +‎ -ia (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrassʲa/, /ˈɡr-/

Noun

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

1. fat

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈkrassʲa/	*/ˈkrassʲas/
oblique	*/ˈkrassʲa/	*/ˈkrassʲas/

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: grascia
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: graixa
  • Franco-Provençal: grèsse
  • Old French: craisse, graisse (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: graissa
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: graxa
  • Portuguese: graxa

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*crassia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1277