Reconstruction:Latin/caronia

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 carō (“flesh”). The origin of the suffix is unclear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈronʲa/

Noun

*carōnia f (Proto-Romance) (?)

carrion

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- >? Romanian: cărâie[1] (if so, phonetically influenced by another word)
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: carogna
  - → Catalan: carronya
  - → Spanish: carroña
  - →? Sicilian: carogna
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: charogne, charounye, charonye, tsaroutha
- Old French: charogne (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: caronha
  - Occitan: caronha, charonha, carònha, carraunha

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “carroña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 898
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caronia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 394

cărâie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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[1] ărâie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)