carpinus

See also: Carpinus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”). See also carina and cerrus.

Pronunciation

Noun

carpinus m (genitive carpinī); second declension

  1. Hornbeam; European hornbeam; a variety of deciduous tree.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative carpinus carpinī
Genitive carpinī carpinōrum
Dative carpinō carpinīs
Accusative carpinum carpinōs
Ablative carpinō carpinīs
Vocative carpine carpinī

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Romanian: carpen
    • Aromanian: carpin
    • Megleno-Romanian: carpin
  • Istriot:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
    • Piedmontese: chërpo
    • Romansch: charpin
    • Venetian: càrpano, càrpane
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: charpena
    • Old French: charme
      • ⇒ Bourguignon: charmetiau
      • French: charme
      • Lorrain: charme
      • Poitevin-Saintongeais: charpre, cherpre
      • Walloon: tchåne
    • Old Northern French: carme
    • Picard Old French: carme
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

References
  • “carpinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • carpinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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