protectio

Latin

Etymology

From prōtegō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈtek.ti.oː/, [proːˈtɛk.ti.oː]

Noun

prōtectiō f (genitive prōtectiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin, rare) protection; shelter

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	prōtectiō	prōtectiōnēs
genitive	prōtectiōnis	prōtectiōnum
dative	prōtectiōnī	prōtectiōnibus
accusative	prōtectiōnem	prōtectiōnēs
ablative	prōtectiōne	prōtectiōnibus
vocative	prōtectiō	prōtectiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: protecció
• → Czech: protekce
• Galician: protección
• Italian: protezione
• Old French: protection
  • → English: protection
  • French: protection
    • Haitian Creole: pwoteksyon
• Portuguese: protecção, proteção
• Romanian: protecție
• Spanish: protección
• → Russian: проте́кция (protékcija)

References

• protectio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• protectio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• protectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette