Reconstruction:Latin/smeraldus

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

Alternative forms

• *smeralda

Etymology

Alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smeˈraldos/

Noun

*smeraldus m (oblique *smeraldum); second declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. emerald

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/smeˈraldos/	*/smeˈraldi/
oblique	*/smeˈraldu/	*/smeˈraldos/

Descendants

• Friulian: smeralt, smerald
• Italian: smeraldo
  • → Romanian: smarald
• Piedmontese: smerald
• Sicilian: smiraldu
• Venetan: smeraldo