aviola

Latin

Etymology

From avia (“grandmother”) +‎ -ola (diminutive ending). Attested in the year 711 CE.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Proto-Western-Romance) IPA(key): /aˈβʲɔːla/

Noun

aviola f (genitive aviolae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. grandmother

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aviola aviolae
Genitive aviolae aviolārum
Dative aviolae aviolīs
Accusative aviolam aviolās
Ablative aviolā aviolīs
Vocative aviola aviolae

Notes

Proto-Ibero-Romance and its descendants have innovated a depalatalized variant */aˈβɔːla/. For the /βʲ/ > /j/ in French, cf. caveola > gaiole.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: aiuele
      • Middle French: ayeulle
    • Occitan: aujòla
  • Ibero-Romance:

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*aviŏla; *aviŏlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1233
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