Reconstruction:Latin/gemellicium

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 gemell- +‎ -īcium. Alternatively, from *gemellicum via suffix substitution.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jemelˈlit͡su/

Noun

*gemellīcium m (plural *gemellīciōs) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. twin

Reconstruction

Initial consonant recoverable by comparison with *gemellicum.

Descendants

• Old Spanish: emellizo
  • Spanish: mellizo

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “mellizo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 31