Reconstruction:Latin/pavorosum

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 pavōr- (“fear”, noun) +‎ -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paβoˈrosu/

Adjective

*pavōrōsum (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

fearful
Synonym: *metōrōsum

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: pauroso
- Neapolitan: pavoruso, pauruso
- Sicilian: pavurusu, pagurusu (Calabria)
Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: paoros
  - Catalan: paorós
- Old French: peoros
  - French: peureux
- Old Occitan: paoros
  - Occitan: paurós
Ibero-Romance:
- Navarro-Aragonese: pavoroso (Glosas Emilianenses)
  - Aragonese: pavoroso
- Portuguese: pavoroso
- Spanish: pavoroso

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 726: “pauroso” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “medroso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 66

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