vecinus
Latin
Etymology
Probably modified from Classical vīcīnus via vowel dissimilation. Attested in Servius[1] and an Italian document dating to 715 CE.[2]
Adjective
vēcīnus (feminine vēcīna, neuter vēcīnum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)
- Alternative form of vīcīnus (“neighbouring”)
Noun
vēcīnus m (genitive vēcīnī); second declension (Late Latin)
- Alternative form of vīcīnus (“neighbour”)
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → Albanian: fqinj
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vīcīnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 416
- Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 97
- https://saame.it/fonte/placiti-toscani-toscana-4/
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