Reconstruction:Latin/fetiolum

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

Derived from fētus (“offspring”), with an ending perhaps extracted from petiolus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈt͡ʃoru/

Noun

*fētiolum m (Proto-Balkan-Romance)

1. young boy

Related terms

• *fētiola

Descendants

• Aromanian: ficior, ficioru, fcior, fitsior, fitsioru
• Megleno-Romanian: fitšor, fițor, ficior, ficiuor, ficiuăr
• Romanian: fecior, ficior — dialectal/regional
  • → Hungarian: ficsúr

References

• “fecior”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025