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Reconstruction:Latin/peccuinus
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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
Alternative forms
- *pittinus
Etymology
Variant of pittinus, diminutive of *pittus, from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small, little”). Alteration of -tt-/-cc- also possibly due to the influence of paucus (“few, little”).
Adjective
*peccuinus (feminine *peccuina, neuter *peccuinum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)
Descendants
Further reading
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “piccino”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- Coromines, Joan (1961) “pequeño”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 450b
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