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Reconstruction:Latin/bellitatem

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 bellus (“pretty, beautiful”) +‎ -tās (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /belˈtaːt/

Noun

*bellitātem f (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. beauty
    Synonym: *bellitia

Reconstruction notes

Attested in Old French from ca. 1100 as beltet (Song of Roland)[1] and in Old Catalan from ca. 1290 as beutat (Llibre de santa Maria).[2]

Declension
singular plural
nominative */belˈtaːt͡s/? */belˈtaːt͡s/
oblique */belˈtaːt/ */belˈtaːt͡s/

Descendants
  • Catalan: beltat, beutat
  • Old Franco-Provençal: beuta, beutá, belta, beltá
  • Old French: biauté, bealté, belté, beauté (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: beltat, beutat (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. “beauté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. “beutat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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