aquiductus
Latin
Etymology
Alteration of Classical Latin aquaeductus.
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /akʷɪˈdʊktʊs/
- (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance) IPA(key): /akʷeˈdoktos/
Noun
aquiductus (Vulgar Latin)
- (proscribed) aqueduct
- 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi:
- aquaeductus non aquiductus
- [Say or write] aquaeductus, not aquiductus.
- aquaeductus non aquiductus
- 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi:
Descendants
- Gallo-Romance:
- Champenois: ọdü (“cupboard”), odo̢y (“ewer”)
- Franc-Comtois: adoi (“spring”)
- Franco-Provençal: ewedyúa, ẹgadzẅay
- Old Catalan: aiguaduit (influenced by aigua 'water')
- Catalan: aguaduy (obsolete)
- Old French: avidotz (“aqueduct”)
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Spanish: aguducho
- Spanish: aguaducho (influenced by agua 'water')
- Old Spanish: aguducho
- Italo-Romance:
- Old Italian: acquidotto
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Romansch: lavadüč
- Derived forms:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *aquiducium
- Italian: acquidoccio
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *aquiducium
- Borrowings:
References
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “aquaeductus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 39
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “aquaedŭctus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 68
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