aviola

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Latin

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Etymology

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From avia (grandmother) +‎ -ola (diminutive ending). Attested in AD 711.[1]

Noun

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aviola f (genitive aviolae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. grandmother

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aviola aviolae
Genitive aviolae aviolārum
Dative aviolae aviolīs
Accusative aviolam aviolās
Ablative aviolā aviolīs
Vocative aviola aviolae

Descendants

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  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: aiuele
    • Occitan: aujòla
  • Ibero-Romance: (via a depalatalized variant */aˈβɔːla/)
  • Vulgar Latin: *aviolum (grandfather) (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*aviŏla; *aviŏlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1233