Reconstruction:Latin/hoque anno

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

Alteration of hōc annō, perhaps via analogy with nec~neque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈkʷanno/

Adverb

*hōque annō (not comparable) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. this year

Reconstruction notes

Numerous descendants show a nasal infix (perhaps influenced by hunc) or influence from the preposition in. Likewise, it is perhaps notable that almost all descendants are relatively obscure, dated, and/or regional.

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: uguanno, unguanno (both archaic or regional)
  • Neapolitan:

    aguanno (Naples)

    aquanno (Matera)

    avanno (Apulia, Campania)

    vanno (Abruzzo, Castro dei Volsci)

  • Sicilian: avannu

    Calabrian: aguannu

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Ligurian: inguanno
  • Old Emilian: anguano, inguan
  • Old Lombard: aguan
  • Piedmontese: auan
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: enguany, unguany
  • Gascon: onguan, enguan, anguan
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: enguán
  • Asturian: anguañu, anguano, aguano, auguano, enguano
  • Extremaduran: uguaño, iguaño
  • Spanish: aguaño (Santander)

References

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 44: “cette année” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “año”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 289
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hōc anno”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 446