Reconstruction:Latin/versura
Latin
Etymology
From verrō (“sweep”) + -tūra (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βaˈsura/
Noun
*versūra f (plural *versūrās) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)
Related terms
- *versōria (“broom”)
Descendants
- Old Spanish: vassura
- Spanish: basura (see there for further descendants)
References
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “basura”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 539