Reconstruction:Latin/pulvus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Reassignment of the Classical pulvis m to the neuter gender.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Italo-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /ˈpolβos/

Noun

*pulvus n (plural pulvera)

dust, powder

Descendants

(See also pulvera.)

Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: puça, purça
- Old French: pous ⇒ pousiere
  - French: poussière
    - Haitian Creole: pousyè
  - Norman: poussière
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: pols ⇒ polsera
- Gascon: pov ⇒ povas (Comenges)
- Occitan:
  Languedocien: pols, polsa
  Provençal: poussa
  Vivaro-Alpine: pòussa
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: polvu
- Old Portuguese: poo (with loss of /β/ preceding loss of /l/)
  - Galician: po
  - Portuguese: pó
    - Guinea-Bissau Creole: po
- Old Spanish: polvos
  - Spanish: polvo

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “polvo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 599
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “pŭlvis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 570