veclus

veclus

Latin

Etymology

From Latin vetulus, via syncope of unstressed /u/ and then dissimilation of /tl/ to /kl/, from vetus (“old”) +‎ -ulus (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

veclus (feminine vecla, neuter veclum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin, proscribed) Syncopic form of vetulus (“old”)
   • 3rd–4th century C.E., Appendix Probi:

     vetulus non veclus

     [Say or write] vetulus, not veclus.

Derived terms

• *vecliō

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: veclju
  • Megleno-Romanian: vecľu
  • Romanian: vechi
• Dalmatian:
  • vieclo
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: vecchio
    • → Friulian: vecjo
    • → Sardinian: béciu, betzu
  • Neapolitan: viecchio
  • Sicilian: vecchiu
  • Venetian: vecio
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: vieli
  • Istriot: viecio
  • Lombard: vègg
  • Piedmontese: vej, vegg
  • Romansch: vegl, vigl
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: vieu, viely, vielyo
  • Old French: viel
    • Middle French: vieulx
      • French: vieux
  • Walloon: vî
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: veyl, vell
    • Catalan: vell
  • Old Occitan: vielh
    • Occitan: vièlh
    • → Italian: veglio
• Ibero-Romance
  • Aragonese: viello
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: vieyu
    • Leonese: vieyu, viechu
    • Mirandese: bielho
  • Old Portuguese: vello
    • Fala: vellu
    • Galician: vello
    • Portuguese: velho
  • Old Spanish: viejo
    • Ladino: viejo
    • Spanish: viejo
• Insular Romance:
  • Logudorese: begru, egru (southern), beju, eju (northern)
  • Nuorese: becru, brecu

References

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “békru”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg