Reconstruction:Latin/boscaticum

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 boscus (“bush”) +‎ -āticum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bosˈkadjo/

Noun

*boscāticum m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. woodland, shrubbery

Reconstruction notes

Attested in Old French from ca. 1140 as boscage (Estoire des Engleis)[1] and in Old Catalan from ca. 1270 as boscatge (Llibre del gentil e dels tres savis).[2]

Declension

singular plural
nominative */bosˈkadjos/ */bosˈkadjo/
oblique */bosˈkadjo/ */bosˈkadjos/

Descendants

  • Catalan: boscatge
  • Old French: boschage, boscage (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: boschatge

References

  1. ^ “bocage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “boscatge” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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