Reconstruction:Latin/porcile

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 porc- (“pig”) +‎ -īle (“place for keeping”). Displaced Classical Latin suīle. Eventually surfaces as Medieval Latin porcīle in the 13th century, by this point a borrowing from Romance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /porˈkile/

Noun

*porcīle m (plural *porcīlēs) (Proto-Romance)

1. pigsty

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: porcile
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: porchile
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: porchil (northern)
  • Old Occitan: porsil, pocil
    • Provençal: porciu
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: Porciles
  • Portuguese: pocil (regional), Pocil

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pŏrcīle”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 188