Reconstruction:Latin/expinctum
Latin
Etymology
Past participle of *expingere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ɪ)sˈpɪŋtu/
Participle
*expinctus (feminine *expincta, neuter *expinctum); first/second-declension participle (Proto-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
The feminine yielded several nouns in Romance.
Related terms
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: ispinta, spinta (Campidanese)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: espainte
- Picard: épinte (Abbeville)
- Old French: espainte
- Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: espent
- ⇒ Catalan: espenta
- Occitan: espinta (St-André), espenta (northern)
- Old Catalan: espent
- Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: espenta ⇒ espenton
References
- “espenta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*expĭngĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 310