< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/bellitia
Latin
Etymology
From bellus (“beautiful”) + -itia (abstract noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /belˈlett͡sʲa/
Noun
*bellitia f (plural *bellitiās) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- beauty
- Synonym: *bellitātem
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: bellezza
- Sicilian: biddizza
- North Italian:
- Friulian: bielece
- Istriot: balissa
- Romansch: bellezia, bellezza, belezza, balezia, baleztgia
- Venetian: bełézsa
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: bellesa
- → Sardinian: bellesa
- French: bellesse (obsolete)
- Old Occitan: belleza, beleza, belheza
- Occitan: belesa
- → Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: beleza
- Portuguese: beleza
- Spanish: belleza
- Catalan: bellesa