falvus
Latin
Alternative forms
- falbus
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *falwaz. Attested from the ninth century CE.[1]
Adjective
falvus (feminine falva, neuter falvum); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)
- dun (colour)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*falwa-”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 108
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