Reconstruction:Latin/certanus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʲerˈtanos/
Adjective
*certānus (feminine *certāna, neuter *certānum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Descendants
- Dalmatian:
- >? certain
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: certano (archaic)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: certà
- Old French: certain, chertain (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan: certan
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: certão
- Old Spanish: certano
References
- “certain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “certus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 612