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Reconstruction:Latin/fetonem

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 fētus (offspring, progeny) + -ōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feˈdoːn/

Noun

*fētōnem m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. young animal

Reconstruction notes

Attested in French from ca. 1150 CE (Oxford Psalter).[1]

Nom.sg. */feˈdoːns/ > OFr. li feüns.

Declension

singular plural
nominative */feˈdoːns/ */feˈdoːn/
oblique */feˈdoːn/ */feˈdoːns/

Descendants

  • Old French: feon (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: fedon

References

  1. faon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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