congustia

Latin

Etymology

From congustus (“narrow”) +‎ -ia (noun-forming suffix). Documented from the sixth century CE.[1]

Noun

congustia f (genitive congustiae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. defile

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative congustia congustiae
genitive congustiae congustiārum
dative congustiae congustiīs
accusative congustiam congustiās
ablative congustiā congustiīs
vocative congustia congustiae

Descendants

  • Old Catalan: congoxa
    • Catalan: congoixa
    • → Old Spanish: congoxa

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “angosto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 270
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