avunculus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo (compare Breton eontr), diminutive of *h₂euh₂-n- (compare Dutch oom, Lithuanian avýnas), enlargement of *h₂euh₂o- *h₂éwh₂os (compare avus (“grandfather”)). Synchronically analysable as avus +‎ -unculus. More at avus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈwun.ku.lus/, [aˈwʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

avunculus m (genitive avunculī); second declension

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	avunculus	avunculī
Genitive	avunculī	avunculōrum
Dative	avunculō	avunculīs
Accusative	avunculum	avunculōs
Ablative	avunculō	avunculīs
Vocative	avuncule	avunculī

Descendants

Albanian: ungj
Catalan: oncle
English: avuncular, uncle
French: oncle
German: Onkel

Irish: uncail
Norman: aonclle, oncl'ye
Occitan: oncle
Romanian: unchi
Romansch: aug

References

avunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
avunculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
avunculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
avunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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