vevo

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin viduus.

Adjective

vevo (feminine veva, masculine plural vevos, feminine plural veves) (ORB, broad)

1. widowed

Noun

vevo m (plural vevos) (ORB, broad)

1. widower

   Coordinate term: veva f

References

• veuf in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• vevo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 78: “il vedovo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1382: “veuf, veuve” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĭdŭa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 432