Reconstruction:Latin/cruppus

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

    Borrowed from Frankish *krupp, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (bunch; group; lump). Eventually attested in Renaissance Latin as grupus, gruppus; by this point, a borrowing from Italian.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈkɾop̚.pos]

    Noun

    *cruppus m (oblique *cruppum); second declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

    1. group, bunch

    Declension

    singular plural
    nominative */kroppos/ */kroppi/
    oblique */kroppu/ */kroppos/

    Descendants

    • Catalan: grop
    • Italian: gruppo, groppo (see there for further descendants)
    • Sicilian: gruppu