wantus

Latin

Alternative forms

• gantus, guantus

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *want (“glove”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯an.tus/, [ˈu̯än̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvan.tus/, [ˈvän̪t̪us]

Noun

wantus m (genitive wantī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) glove

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wantus	wantī
Genitive	wantī	wantōrum
Dative	wantō	wantīs
Accusative	wantum	wantōs
Ablative	wantō	wantīs
Vocative	wante	wantī

Descendants

• Old French: gant, gaunt
  • Middle French: gant
    • French: gant
  • ⇒ Old French: gantelet, gauntlet
    • French: gauntlet, gantlet
    • → Middle English: gauntelet, gantelet, gauntlet
      • English: gauntlet
      • Yola: gauntletès (plural)
    • → Spanish: guantelete
• Iberian:
  • Old Leonese: guante
    • Asturian: guante
    • Leonese: guante
  • Portuguese: guante
  • Spanish: guante
• Italian: guanto
• Old Occitan: gant, gaunt
  • Catalan: guant
  • Occitan: gant