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Reconstruction:Latin/flotus

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

Possible merger of Frankish borrowings *flōd (“river, flood”) and *flota (“flux, streaming flow”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfloː.tus/, [ˈfɫoː.tʊs]
  • (Vulgar) IPA(key): /ˈfloː.tus/, [ˈflo.dos]

Noun

*flōtus m (genitive *flōtī); second declension

  1. river, flood
  2. current, stream

Declension

Second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *flōtus
Number Singular Plural
nominative *flọ́tọs *flọ́ti
genitive *flọ́ti *flọtọ́rọ
dative *flọ́tọ *flọ́tis
accusative-ablative *flọ́tọ *flọ́tọs

Descendants
  • Old French: flot
    • Middle French: flot
    • Picard: flôt (Athois)
  • Old Occitan: flot
    • Catalan: flot
    • Occitan: flòt
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