Reconstruction:Latin/mattiana

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

Derived from the ellipsis of māla mattiāna, plural of mālum mattiānum (literally “apple of Matius”), referring to a kind of apple. The meaning of apple was subsequently transferred to *mattiāna shortly after ellipsis took place, and it was reanalyzed as a feminine singular noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈt͡sana/

Noun

*mattiāna f (plural *mattiānas) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. apple

Descendants

• Aragonese: mazana
• Asturian: mazana
• Catalan: maçana
• Mirandese: maçana
• Old Galician-Portuguese: maçãa
  • Galician: mazá
  • Portuguese: maçã
• Old Spanish: maçana
  • Spanish: manzana
  • Ladino: mansana