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Reconstruction:Latin/leviarium

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From *levius (“light”) +‎ -ārius (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /levˈd͡ʒai̯r/

Adjective

*leviārium (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. light (in weight)

Reconstruction notes

Attested in French from ca. 1100 (Song of Roland)[1] and Catalan from ca. 1280 (Fèlix o Llibre de meravelles).[2]

Descendants
  • Old Catalan: leuger
  • Franco-Provençal: legiér, lergiér, lezhi, légé, lèrdji, lèrdjê, lindzè
  • Old French: legier (see there for further descendants)
  • Gascon: leugèr, leuger, laugèr, laugèr, logèr, louger, liuger, leugeir, liugèir
  • Occitan: leugièr (see there for regional forms)
  • >? Piedmontese: linger, lgé (if not borrowed from French)

References
  1. “léger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. “lleuger” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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