Reconstruction:Latin/laitus

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 *laiþ (“unpleasant, disgusting”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

*laitus (feminine *laita, neuter *laitum); first/second-declension adjective

unpleasant, disgusting, ugly

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: lèdo, lédou
- Old French: lait, leid, led
  - Middle French: laid
    - French: laid
  - Norman: laid (Jèrriais)
  - Picard: léd (Athois), laizou (Ch'ti)
  - Walloon: léd (Charleroi), laîd, Forrières, lêd, Liégeois
- → Italian: laido
- → Old Portuguese: laido
  - Galician: laido
- → Old Spanish: laido
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: leg, leix
  - Catalan: lleig
  - → Sardinian: leggiu, lezzu
- Old Occitan: lag, lach, lait
  - Languedocien: lag, laid
  - Gascon: lèd, lèg, lès, lèu

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