spelta

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”), from Proto-Germanic *spiltō, *spiltaz (“spelt”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelbʰ-, *(s)pelbʰ-t- (“spelt, spelt meal”).

Noun

spelta f (plural spelte)

1. spelt (Triticum spelta)

See also

• farro

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *spelta, from Proto-Germanic *spiltō, *spiltaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelbʰ-, *(s)pelbʰ-t- (“spelt, spelt meal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspel.ta/, [ˈs̠pɛɫ̪.t̪a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspel.ta/, [ˈspɛl̪.t̪a]

Noun

spelta f (genitive speltae); first declension

1. spelt (cereal) (Triticum spelta)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spelta	speltae
Genitive	speltae	speltārum
Dative	speltae	speltīs
Accusative	speltam	speltās
Ablative	speltā	speltīs
Vocative	spelta	speltae

Descendants

• Catalan: espelta
• Old French: espiautre
  • French: épeautre
• Galician: espelta
• Italian: spelta
• Portuguese: espelta
• Spanish: espelta

References

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