Reconstruction:Latin/levianum

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 levis +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈβjanu/

Adjective

*leviānum (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. light (in weight)

Descendants

• Navarro-Aragonese: leviano
• Asturian: llivianu
• Old Galician-Portuguese: livão
  • Galician: levián, leviao
• Old Spanish: leviano, liviano
  • Ladino: liviano, livyano
  • Spanish: liviano
    • → Asturian: livianu
  • → Portuguese: leviano

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “leve”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 637