Reconstruction:Latin/bellitas

This Latin entry contains reconstructed words 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

bellus +‎ -tās. Displaced Classical Latin pulchritudo.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbel.li.taːs/, [ˈbɛl.lɪ.taːs]

(Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈβɛl.li.taːs/, [ˈbɛl.le.das]

Noun

*bellitās f (genitive *bellitātis); third declension

beauty

Inflection

Third declension.

Italo-Western declension of *bellitās
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*bę́llẹtas	*bęllẹtátẹs
genitive	*bęllẹtátẹs	*bęllẹtátọ
dative	*bęllẹtáti	*bęllẹtátẹvọs
accusative-ablative	*bęllẹtátẽ	*bęllẹtátẹs

Descendants

Anglo‐Norman: beauté, bealté, belté, biauté
Old French: biauté
- Middle French: beauté
  - French: beauté
  - Norman: bieauté (Jèrriais)
  - → English: beauty
Italian: beltà
Old Occitan: beutat
- Occitan: beutat
Old Portuguese: beldade
- Galician: beldade
- Portuguese: beldade
Spanish: beldad

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