tristus

tristus

Latin

Etymology

Reassignment of Classical Latin trīstis from the third declension to the first/second.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

trīstus (feminine trīsta, neuter trīstum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin, proscribed) sad, morose
   • 3rd–4th century C.E., Appendix Probi:

     tristis non tristus

     [Say or write] tristis, not tristus.

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: trist, tristă
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: trist, trista
  • Piedmontese: trist, trista
  • Venetian: tristo, trista
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: tristo, trista
  • Sicilian: tristu, trista
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: tristo, trista
  • Catalan: trist, trista
  • Occitan: trist, trista
  • Old French: trist, triste
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Spanish: tristo, trista
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: tristu, trista

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “tristis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 13: To–Tyrus, page 302