amarellus

Latin

Etymology

From amārus (“bitter, sour”) +‎ -ellus (diminutive ending). Sense development perhaps via the description of those suffering a disease of the biles. First attested in an Iberian document dated to 919.^[1]

Adjective

amārellus (feminine amārella, neuter amārellum); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)

yellowish, pale

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	amarellus	amarella	amarellum	amarellī	amarellae	amarella
genitive	amarellī	amarellae	amarellī	amarellōrum	amarellārum	amarellōrum
dative	amarellō	amarellae	amarellō	amarellīs
accusative	amarellum	amarellam	amarellum	amarellōs	amarellās	amarella
ablative	amarellō	amarellā	amarellō	amarellīs
vocative	amarelle	amarella	amarellum	amarellī	amarellae	amarella

Descendants

Aragonese: amariello
Old Leonese: *amariello, *amariellu
- Asturian: mariellu, amariellu
- Leonese: mariellu
- Mirandese: amarielho
Old Galician-Portuguese: amarelo
- Galician: amarelo, marelo
- Portuguese: amarelo
Old Spanish: amariello
- Spanish: amarillo

References

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “amarillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 233

[1] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “amarillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 233

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