Reconstruction:Latin/longitanus

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 longiter (far away) +‎ -ānus (adjective-forming suffix).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /lonjeˈtanos/

    Adjective

    *longitānus (feminine *longitāna, neuter *longitānum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

    1. distant

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Istriot: alonſi
      • Old Italian: lontano, luntano, luintan (apocopic), luitano
    • North Italian:
      • Gallo-Italic:
        • Old Emilian: luntà
        • Old Ligurian: lointan
        • Old Lombard: luitano, loncean, loytam
      • Old Venetan: luitano
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Old French: luntein, laintaing, loingtien, luintan
        • Middle French: longtain
    • Occitano-Romance:

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