500–401 BC

Catalan words from Latin words first recorded in the 5th century BC

13 Catalan words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 5th century BC, earliest Latin record first.

dur
451 BC–450 BC

from Latin duco

1. The word for carrying is inherited from Latin dūcō (“to lead, conduct”), which the Catalan dictionaries cite by its infinitive. Coromines notes that the Latin verb died out without popular…
fals
451 BC–450 BC

from Latin falsus

It is inherited from Latin falsus (“false, untrue”), properly the past participle of fallō (“to deceive”). The same Latin word is Occitan fals, French faux and Italian falso. Meyer-Lübke took…
home
451 BC–450 BC

from Latin homo

It is inherited from Old Catalan home, the object case of the medieval noun whose subject case was hom; both are inherited from Latin homō (“human being, man”). Coromines explains that the old Latin…
llengua
451 BC–450 BC

from Latin lingua

It is inherited from Old Catalan lengua, which is inherited from Latin lingua (“tongue; language”). The same Latin word is Romanian limbă, Italian lingua, French langue, Occitan lenga, Spanish…
morir
451 BC–450 BC

from Latin morior

It is inherited from Old Catalan morir, which is inherited from Latin morior (“to die”), in the Vulgar Latin active form ⟨morire⟩ that replaced the classical deponent infinitive ⟨mori⟩. Latin…
rompre
451 BC–450 BC

from Latin rumpo

It is inherited from Old Catalan rompre, which is inherited from Latin rumpō (“to break, burst”). The same Latin verb is Occitan rompre, Spanish romper, French rompre, Italian rompere and Romanian…
tallar
451 BC–450 BC

from Latin talio

It is inherited from Old Catalan tallar, also written ⟨taylar⟩, which is inherited from Late Latin taliō (“to cut”), a verb formed from Latin tālea (“a cutting for planting; a thin piece of wood”)…
un
451 BC–450 BC

from Latin unus

It is inherited from Latin ūnus (“one”). At first only a numeral, it also became the indefinite article, with the plurals ⟨uns⟩ and ⟨unes⟩, as in all the Romance languages. The same Latin word is…
venjar
451 BC–450 BC

from Latin vindico

It is inherited from Old Catalan venjar, which is inherited from Latin vindicō (“to claim; to set free; to avenge”). The learned doublet vindicar was borrowed from the same Latin verb and is…
doble
450 BC

from Latin duplus

It is inherited from Latin duplus (“double, twofold”). The DCVB also allows a Vulgar Latin *duple, a cross of the Latin word with its relative duplex (“twofold”). The same Latin word is Italian…
menys
450 BC

from Latin minus

It is inherited from Latin minus (“less”), the neuter and adverb of minor (“smaller”), the comparative of parvus (“small”). The palatal /ɲ/ is unexpected from Latin ⟨minus⟩. The DCVB, the GDLC and…
poble
450 BC

from Latin populus

It is inherited from Old Catalan poble, which is inherited from Latin populus (“people, the body of citizens”). The same Latin word is Occitan pòble, French peuple, Spanish pueblo, Italian popolo…
se
450 BC

from Latin se

It is inherited from Latin sē (“oneself, himself, herself, themselves”), the accusative of the Latin reflexive pronoun. Bruguera and the GDLC note that the Latin accusative was formed by analogy…

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