amarellus

Latin

Etymology

From amārus (“bitter, sour”) +‎ -ellus (diminutive ending). Sense development perhaps via the description of those suffering a disease of the biles. First attested in an Iberian document dated to 919.[1]

Adjective

amārellus (feminine amārella, neuter amārellum); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. yellowish, pale

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative amarellus amarella amarellum amarellī amarellae amarella
genitive amarellī amarellae amarellī amarellōrum amarellārum amarellōrum
dative amarellō amarellae amarellō amarellīs
accusative amarellum amarellam amarellum amarellōs amarellās amarella
ablative amarellō amarellā amarellō amarellīs
vocative amarelle amarella amarellum amarellī amarellae amarella

Descendants

  • Aragonese: amariello
  • Old Leonese: *amariello, *amariellu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: amarelo
  • Old Spanish: amariello

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “amarillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 233
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