Reconstruction:Latin/arbuscellum

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

From Late Latin arbusculum m (“little tree”) +‎ -lum (diminutive ending), hence a double-diminutive like *rāmuscellum or *rīvuscellum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arbosˈkʲɛllu/

Noun

*arbuscellum m (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. little tree

Reconstruction notes

The French form gained its second /r/ from arbre (“tree”).

Declension

singular plural
nominative */arbosˈkʲɛllos/ */arbosˈkʲɛlli/
oblique */arbosˈkʲɛllu/ */arbosˈkʲɛllos/

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: arboscello
  • Gallo-Romance: arbriscellus (8th c., Reichenau Glossary)
    • Old French: arbroisel, arbrissel, aibrisel, arbrisseau
    • Old Occitan: Arbusiel, Arbuisel (toponyms)

References

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