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Catalan words from Latin words first recorded in the 4th century

3 Catalan words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 4th century, earliest Latin record first.

1. mot

   383–420

   from Latin muttum

   It is inherited from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), a word of the spoken language used in phrases such as ⟨non muttum facere⟩, “not to open one's mouth, not to say a word”. The DCVB notes that…

2. setmana

   390–406

   from Latin septimana

   It is inherited from Old Catalan setmana, inherited from Late Latin septimāna (“week”). The Late Latin noun was derived from the adjective septimānus (“of the seventh”), from septimus (“seventh”)…

3. ensenyar

   400

   from Latin insigno

   It is inherited from Vulgar Latin īnsignō (“to mark, designate”), from Latin in- and signō (“to mark”), from signum (“sign, mark”). Coromines finds the Latin verb in the old glossaries with the…

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