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Catalan words from Latin words first recorded in the 2nd century

3 Catalan words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 2nd century, earliest Latin record first.

1. menar

   125–175

   from Latin mino

   It is inherited from Old Catalan menar, which is inherited from Latin minō (“to drive animals”), a collateral active form of the deponent minārī (“to threaten”). The change of meaning came from the…

2. llançar

   160–220

   from Latin lanceo

   It is inherited from Old Catalan lançar, which is inherited from Late Latin lanceō (“to wield a lance”), formed from lancea (“lance”). The GDLC derives it within Catalan from the noun llança. The…

3. platja

   200–299

   from Latin plagia

   It is inherited from Late Latin plagia (“shore, beach”). The Late Latin word is recorded from the end of the 6th century. Coromines, Bruguera and the GDLC derive the Late Latin word probably from…

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