fraxinetum

Latin

Etymology

From fraxinus (“ash tree”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”). Attested from at least the early eighth century, per the quote below.

Noun

fraxinētum n (genitive fraxinētī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. ash-grove
    • 724 CE, Diploma of Theuderic IV of France:
      ...indeque ad montem Cuoberg, per fraxinetum, ad locum qui vocatur Oschowa...[1]
      ...and from there to Mount Cuoberg, through the ash-grove, to the place called Oschowa...

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fraxinētum fraxinēta
Genitive fraxinētī fraxinētōrum
Dative fraxinētō fraxinētīs
Accusative fraxinētum fraxinēta
Ablative fraxinētō fraxinētīs
Vocative fraxinētum fraxinēta

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: frãpsinet n
    • Romanian: frăsinet n
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: frënê m
    • Old French: fresnoi m, fresnee f
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: Freixenet m, Freixneda f
    • Gascon: freisheda, hreisheda f
    • Occitan: freissineda f, fraissinet, Freinet m
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: Fresnéu m
    • Old Portuguese: *freyxẽedo m
    • Spanish: fresneda f

References
  1. Migne, Jacques-Paul. 1850. Patrologiae cursus completus: Series latina. Vol. 88. Page 1139.
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