Reconstruction:Latin/cruppus

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 Frankish *krupp, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (bunch; group; lump). Eventually attested in Renaissance Latin as grupus, gruppus; by this point, a borrowing from Italian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɾop̚.pos]

Noun

*cruppus m (oblique *cruppum); second declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. group, bunch

Declension

singular plural
nominative *kroppos *kroppi
oblique *kroppu *kroppos

Descendants

  • Catalan: grop
  • Italian: gruppo, groppo (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: gruppu