Reconstruction:Latin/siccaricius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From siccus (“dry”) + -āricius.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
*siccāricius (feminine *siccāricia, neuter *siccāricium); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Reconstruction notes[edit]
Some descendants show an unexpected /i/, probably by analogy with the descendants of -īcius.
Descendants[edit]
- Gascon: sequerissa
- Italian: secchereccio, seccareccio, secchericcio
- Old French: secherece
- French: sécheresse
- Walloon: setchresse
- Old Occitan: secareza
- Sicilian: siccarizzu
References[edit]
- Thomas, Antoine. 1903. Le suffixe -aricius en français et en provençal. Romania 32. 194.