Reconstruction:Latin/ambosta

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *ambostā, from Proto-Celtic *ambostā (“palmful, fistful”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈbɔsta/

Noun

*ambosta f (oblique *ambostam); first declension (Proto-Western-Romance)

  1. palmful

Declension

singular plural
nominative */amˈbɔsta/ */amˈbɔstas/
oblique */amˈbɔsta/ */amˈbɔstas/

Descendants

  • North Italian:
    • Piedmontese: ambosta
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: almosta, aumosta, ambosta, mosta
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: embuesta
    • Old Galician-Portuguese:
      • Galician: ambozas
    • Old Spanish: ambuesta

References

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