aquiductus

aquiductus

Latin

Etymology

Alteration of Classical Latin aquaeductus.

Pronunciation

• (Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /akʷɪˈdʊktʊs/

Noun

aquiductus

1. (Late Latin, proscribed) aqueduct
   • 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi:

     aquaeductus non aquiductus

     [Say or write] aquaeductus, not aquiductus.

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Champenois: ọdü (“cupboard”), odo̢y (“ewer”)
  • Franc-Comtois: adoi (“spring”)
  • Franco-Provençal: ewedyúa, ẹgadzẅay
  • Old Catalan: aiguaduit (influenced by aigua 'water')
    • Catalan: aguaduy (obsolete)
  • Old French: avidotz (“aqueduct”)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Spanish: aguducho
    • Spanish: aguaducho (influenced by agua 'water')
• Italo-Romance:
  • Old Italian: acquidotto
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansch: lavadüč
• Derived forms:
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *aquiducium
    • Italian: acquidoccio
• Borrowings:
  • → Middle Dutch: hagedochte
  • → Swabian: akt, akte

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “aquaeductus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 39
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “aquaedŭctus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 68