smaltum

smaltum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *smalt and/or *smaltī (“enamel, metallic alloy”).

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsmal.tum/, [ˈzmäl̪t̪um]

Noun

smaltum n (genitive smaltī); second declension[1][2]

1. (Medieval Latin) enamel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	smaltum	smalta
Genitive	smaltī	smaltōrum
Dative	smaltō	smaltīs
Accusative	smaltum	smalta
Ablative	smaltō	smaltīs
Vocative	smaltum	smalta

Derived terms

• smaltatus

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal:
  • Savoyard: émâlyo m (Albanais), émâlya f (Saxel)
• Old French: esmal, esmail; asmail; amail; esmaille, amaille
  • Middle French: esmail
    • French: émail (see there for further descendants)
  • Picard: émaîy, émay (Athois)
  • Walloon: èmay (Forrières, Liégeois)
  • → Middle English: esmale, awmayl, amall
  • ⇒ Old French: amailler
    • ⇒ Old French: enamailler
      • → Middle English: enamaylen, enamelen, innamylen
        • English: enamel
• Italian: smalto
  • Czech: smalt
• Old Occitan: esmalt, esmaut, armaut
  • Occitan:
    • Gascon: esmaut
    • Languedocien: esmaut, esmalt, esmart
    • Provençal: esmaut
    • Vivaro-Alpin: esmaut
  • → Asturian: esmalte
  • → Galician: esmalte
  • → Portuguese: esmalte
  • → Spanish: esmalte
• Sardinian: ismaltu
• Sicilian: smartu

References

1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “smaltum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 974
2. smaltum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)