bladum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *blād (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz (“flower, leaf, blossom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, flower”). Compare Old English blǣd (etymology 3).
First documented in the late seventh century.[1]
Noun
bladum n (genitive bladī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | bladum | blada |
genitive | bladī | bladōrum |
dative | bladō | bladīs |
accusative | bladum | blada |
ablative | bladō | bladīs |
vocative | bladum | blada |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: blau (Benasqués)
References
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*blād”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 15/1: Germanismes: A–Bryman, page 135
Further reading
- "bladum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old English
Noun
bladum
- dative plural of blæd