Reconstruction:Latin/fetonem

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 fētus (“offspring, progeny”) +‎ -ōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈdoːn/

Noun

*fētōnem m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

1. young animal

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/feˈdoːns/	*/feˈdoːn/
oblique	*/feˈdoːn/	*/feˈdoːns/

Descendants

• Old French: feon [ca. 1121–35] (see there for further descendants)
• Occitan: fedon

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*fētō”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 486