Reconstruction:Latin/versura

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 versus (“swept”) +‎ -ūra (noun-forming suffix), with the first element derived from verrō (“sweep”), which also survives in Ibero-Romance.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /βaˈsura/

Noun

*versūra f (plural *versūrās) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

sweepings, rubbish, waste

Related terms

*versōria (“broom”)

Descendants

Old Spanish: vassura
- Spanish: basura (see there for further descendants)

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “basura”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 539

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