aviola

Latin

Etymology

From avia (“grandmother”) +‎ -ola (diminutive ending). Attested in AD 711.[1]

Noun

aviola f (genitive aviolae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. grandmother

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative aviola aviolae
genitive aviolae aviolārum
dative aviolae aviolīs
accusative aviolam aviolās
ablative aviolā aviolīs
vocative aviola aviolae

Descendants

  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: aiuele
      • Middle French: ayeulle
    • Occitan: aujòla
  • Ibero-Romance: (via a depalatalized variant */aˈβɔːla/)
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *aviolum (“grandfather”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*aviŏla; *aviŏlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1233
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