fraxinetum
Latin
Etymology
From frāxinus (“ash tree”) + -ētum (“grove”). Attested from at least the early eighth century, per the quote below.
Noun
frāxinētum n (genitive frāxinētī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
- ash grove
- 724 CE, Diploma of Theuderic IV of France:
- […] indeque ad montem Cuoberg, per fraxinetum, ad locum qui vocatur Oschowa […][1]
- […] and from there to Mount Cuoberg, through the ash grove, to the place called Oschowa […]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | frāxinētum | frāxinēta |
genitive | frāxinētī | frāxinētōrum |
dative | frāxinētō | frāxinētīs |
accusative | frāxinētum | frāxinēta |
ablative | frāxinētō | frāxinētīs |
vocative | frāxinētum | frāxinēta |
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: frassineto m, Frassineta f
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: frënê m
- Old French: fresnoi m, fresnee f
- French: frênaie f
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: Freixenet m, Freixneda f
- Gascon: freisheda, hreisheda f
- Occitan: freissineda f, fraissinet, Freinet m
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fraxĭnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 772
- ^ Migne, Jacques-Paul. 1850. Patrologiae cursus completus: Series latina. Vol. 88. Page 1139.