aviola

Latin

Etymology

From avia (“grandmother”) +‎ -ola (diminutive ending). Attested in the year 711 CE.[1]

Noun

aviola f (genitive aviolae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin) grandmother

Reconstruction notes

The Iberian forms appear to reflect a depalatalized variant *avǫ́la. For the /βʲ/ > /j/ in French, cf. caveola > gaiole.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: aiuele
      • Middle French: ayeulle
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Occitan: aujòla
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: agüela
    • Asturian: güela, buela
    • Old Portuguese: avoa
    • Spanish: abuela (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*aviŏla; *aviŏlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1233
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