Reconstruction:Latin/boscaticum

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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

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Etymology

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From boscus (bush) +‎ -āticum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*boscāticum m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. woodland, shrubbery

Reconstruction notes

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Attested in Old French from ca. 1140 as boscage (Estoire des Engleis)[1] and in Old Catalan from ca. 1270 as boscatge (Llibre del gentil e dels tres savis).[2]

Declension

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singular plural
nominative */bosˈkadjos/ */bosˈkadjo/
oblique */bosˈkadjo/ */bosˈkadjos/

Descendants

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  • Catalan: boscatge
  • Old French: boschage, boscage (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: boschatge

References

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  1. ^ bocage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “boscatge” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.