Reconstruction:Latin/superculum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from superus (“higher, superior”) + -culus (diminutive ending).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
*superculum (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Descendants[edit]
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: soperchio, superchio, soverchio
- → Middle French: supercle
- Sicilian: superchiu
- Italian: soperchio, superchio, soverchio
- Western Romance:
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*superculus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 439