Reconstruction:Latin/fetonem

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 fētus (“offspring, progeny”) +‎ -ōnem.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Gallo-Romance) IPA^(key): /feˈdon/

Noun

*fētōnem m (plural *fētōnēs)

young animal

Descendants

Occitan: fedon
Old French: feon (see there for further descendants)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*fētō”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 486

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