Reconstruction:Latin/coleutus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cōleus (“testicle”) + -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix). Cf. Vulgar Latin *barbūtus ⇔ Classical Latin barbātus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*cōleūtus (feminine *cōleūta, neuter *cōleūtum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)
- Alternative form of cōleātus (“betesticled, not castrated”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italo-Romance:
- Sicilian: cugliutu (obsolete)
- Insular Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
[edit]- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cojón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 131