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. (botany) 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/, [ˈspɛɫ.ta]

Noun

spelta f (genitive speltae); first declension

1. spelt (cereal) (Triticum spelta)

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spelta	speltae
genitive	speltae	speltārum
dative	speltae	speltīs
accusative	speltam	speltās
ablative	speltā	speltīs
vocative	spelta	speltae

Descendants

• Italian: spelta
• 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