fraxinetum

Latin

Etymology

From frāxinus (“ash tree”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”). Attested from at least the early eighth century, per the quote below.

Noun

frāxinētum n (genitive frāxinētī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. ash grove
   • 724 CE, Diploma of Theuderic IV of France:

     […] indeque ad montem Cuoberg, per fraxinetum, ad locum qui vocatur Oschowa […]

     […] and from there to Mount Cuoberg, through the ash grove, to the place called Oschowa […]

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	frāxinētum	frāxinēta
genitive	frāxinētī	frāxinētōrum
dative	frāxinētō	frāxinētīs
accusative	frāxinētum	frāxinēta
ablative	frāxinētō	frāxinētīs
vocative	frāxinētum	frāxinēta

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: frãpsinet n
  • Romanian: frăsinet n
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: frassineto m, Frassineta f
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: frënê m
  • Old French: fresnoi m, fresnee f
    • French: frênaie f
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: Freixenet m, Freixneda f
  • Gascon: freisheda, hreisheda f
  • Occitan: freissineda f, fraissinet, Freinet m
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: Fresnéu m
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: *freyxẽedo m
    • Galician: freixedo, Freixido m
  • Spanish: fresneda f

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fraxĭnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 772