Reconstruction:Latin/visaticum

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From vīsus (appearance) +‎ -āticum (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*vīsāticum m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. appearance, face

Reconstruction notes[edit]

Attested in Old French as visage from ca. 1100 (Song of Roland)[1] and in Old Catalan as visatge from ca. 1270 (Llibre de contemplació en Déu).[2]

Declension[edit]

singular plural
nominative */viˈzadjos/ */viˈzadjo/
oblique */viˈzadjo/ */viˈzadjos/

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: visatge
  • Franco-Provençal: vesâjo, vejazhou, vejâdzo; visaje
  • Old French: visage (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: vizatge (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ visage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “visatge” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.