Reconstruction:Latin/arbuscellum

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 Late Latin arbusculum m (“little tree”) +‎ -lum (diminutive ending), hence a double-diminutive like *rāmuscellum or *rīvuscellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arbosˈcɛllu/

Noun

*arbuscellum m (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. little tree

Reconstruction notes

The French form gained its second /r/ from arbre (“tree”).

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/arbosˈcɛllos/	*/arbosˈcɛlli/
oblique	*/arbosˈcɛllu/	*/arbosˈcɛllos/

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: arboscello
• Gallo-Romance: arbriscellus (8th c., Reichenau Glossary)
  • Old French: arbroisel, arbrissel, aibrisel, arbrisseau
    • Middle French: arbriscel, arbrisseau, arbresseal
      • French: arbrisseau
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Old Occitan: Arbusiel, Arbuisel (toponyms)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*arbŭscellum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 91