Reconstruction:Latin/leviarium

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 *levius (“light”) +‎ -ārius (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leβˈd͡ʒai̯ɾ/

Adjective

*leviārium (plural *leviāriōs, nominative singular *leviārius, nominative plural *leviāriī, feminine *leviāria, feminine plural *leviāriās)

(Proto-Gallo-Romance) light (in weight)

Descendants

Old Catalan: leuger
- Catalan: lleuger
Franco-Provençal: legiér, lergiér
Old French: legier (see there for further descendants)
Gascon: leugèr, leuger, laugèr, laugèr, logèr, louger, liuger, leugeir, liugèir
Occitan: leugièr (see there for regional forms)
>? Piedmontese: linger, lgé (if not borrowed from French)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*leviarius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 287

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