Reconstruction:Latin/porcile

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 porc- (“pig”) +‎ -īle (“place for keeping”). Displaced Classical Latin suīle. Eventually surfaces as Medieval Latin porcīle in the 13th century, by this point a borrowing from Romance.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /porˈkile/

Noun

*porcīle m (plural *porcīlēs) (Proto-Romance)

pigsty

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: porcile
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: porchile
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: porchil (northern)
- Old Occitan: porsil, pocil
  - Provençal: porciu
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: Porciles
- Portuguese: pocil (regional), Pocil

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pŏrcīle”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 188

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